Exhibit 13
Labrador tea
Rhododendron groenlandicum
Place
Cool, acidic peatlands, bogs, wooded swamps, and boreal forest edges across northern North America.
Adaptation
An evergreen, resinous shrub with firm leaves, rolled margins, and woolly undersides: a close-textured presence in wet, cold ground.
Molecular Signature
A hydrodistilled leaf-oil study reported a variable terpene profile that included ledol and germacrone.
Scientific Lens
How might careful mapping of leaf-volatile variation help frame a place-aware sensory research question?
Human Possibility
Could a changing aromatic profile become a design prompt for natural-sensory research?
Application Fields
- Natural sensory