Very close relative of the Labrador Tea, which is better known and distributed, the small Labrador Tea grows further north. True tea of the shrub or herbaceous tundra, it possesses the same properties as the Labrador Tea: antimicrobial, antidiabetic, colds and flu, respiratory problems. It was also used as tobacco, especially in the form for chewing. Highly aromatic, this beautiful ericaceous lines Nunavik.