Kalmia microphylla var. microphylla
Common names: Western alpine laurel small-leaved kalmia
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 484.
Shrubs compact, 0.05–0.1 (–0.3) m; twig nodes to 1 cm apart. Leaf-blades ovate or oval to broadly elliptic, 1.5 (–2.5) cm, to 2.5 times as long as wide. Flowers: calyx pink to light green, 5–7 mm diam.; corolla rose-purple, 8–12 (–15) mm diam.
Phenology: Flowering Apr–Jun.
Habitat: Open bogs, alpine meadows
Elevation: 900-3500 m
Distribution
Alta., B.C., Man., N.W.T., Ont., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Calif., Colo., Idaho, Mont., Nev., Oreg., Utah, Wash., Wyo.
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"/2" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
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absent +
puberulent +
hypogynous +
dehiscent +
inverted +
absent +
not flaky +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (?) +
0-2.5 +
oval;broadly elliptic +
oval;broadly elliptic or lanceolate +
coriaceous +
much shorter +
glabrous +
aromatic +
absent +
rose-purple +
deciduous +
absent +
rotate to crateriform campanulate cylindric globose or urceolate +
campanulate;saucer--shaped +
straight +
undifferentiated +
fusiform +
minute +
cellular +
abundant +
fleshy +
distinct +
symmetric +
bisexual +
capsular +
septicidal +
subglobose;globose +
multicellular +
absent +
absent +
fascicles +
simple +
opposite +
persistent +
cauline +
5-cleft +
shorter +
plane;slightly revolute +
absent +
furrowed +
(2-)5-locular +
axile +
superior +
lobed +
anatropous +
2-40-flowered +
fascicles +
hypogynous +
absent +
white;rose-purple +
connate +
7mm;9mm +
absent +
reduced +
not sticky +
absent +
0.1-2 mm +
4-5-carpellate +
solid +
saccate +
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club +
1753 +
winged +
tan;yellowish-brown or brown +
distinct +
100;150 +
oblong +
connate +
absent +
ovate +
Endemic +
included +
erect +
capitate +
5-lobed +
absent +
hollow +
straight +
declinate +
included +
glabrous +
Kalmia microphylla var. microphylla +
Kalmia microphylla +
variety +
reticulate +
thin +
stipitate +
viscid +
apart +
proximal +