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

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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.
Shunguo Liu +, Keith E. Denford +, John E. Ebinger +, John G. Packer +  and Gordon C. Tucker +
(Hooker) A. Heller +
Kalmia glauca var. microphylla +
Western alpine laurel +  and small-leaved kalmia +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.W.T. +, Ont. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Nev. +, Oreg. +, Utah +, Wash. +  and Wyo. +
900-3500 m +
Open bogs, alpine meadows +
Flowering Apr–Jun. +
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club +
Kalmia polifolia subsp. microphylla +  and Kalmia polifolia var. microphylla +
Kalmia microphylla var. microphylla +
Kalmia microphylla +
variety +