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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Kalmia procumbens
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) Gift, Kron & P. F. Stevens ex Galasso, Banfi & F. Conti
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=F. Conti et al., Annot. Checkl. Ital. Vasc. Fl.
|place=20. 2005
|year=2005
}}
|common_names=Alpine or trailing azalea
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Azalea procumbens
|authority=Linnaeus
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Chamaecistus procumbens
|authority=(Linnaeus) Kuntze
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Loiseleuria procumbens
|authority=(Linnaeus) Desvaux
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Rhododendron procumbens
|authority=(Linnaeus) Alph. Wood
}}
|hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae;Kalmia;Kalmia procumbens
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ericaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Kalmia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Kalmia procumbens]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 372, 480, 481
|treatment_page=page 485
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>much-branched and mat-forming, ca. 0.1 m. <b>Twigs</b> terete or slightly 2-angled proximal to node, glabrous or sparsely hairy. <b>Leaves</b> opposite; petiole absent or 0.1–2 mm, glabrous or puberulent; blade ovate or oval to narrowly lanceolate, 0.3–0.8 × 0.2–0.4 cm, margins revolute, apex obtuse, abaxial surface tomentulose, adaxial glabrous or sparsely puberulent toward base, midribs with stalked glands/purple clavate trichomes. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, corymbiform racemes or umbels, 2(–6)-flowered, sometimes flowers solitary. <b>Pedicels</b> 5–20 mm. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals crimson, ovate-lanceolate, 1.2–1.5 mm, apex obtuse, surfaces glabrous, margins ciliate; petals (spreading), connate ca. 1/2 their lengths, light to deep pink or white, 3–5 × 2–3.5 mm, glabrous; stamens 5; filaments 2–3 mm; style 0.5–0.8 mm. <b>Capsules</b> 2–3-locular, 3–4 × 3–4 mm, glabrous. <b>Seeds</b> winged, oblong, 0.5–1.4 mm. <b>2n</b> = 24.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jun–Aug.
|habitat=Dry to moist, subarctic, arctic, and alpine tundra, coastal marshes
|elevation=0-2500 m
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;Nunavut;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Maine;N.H.;N.Y.;Wash.;Wyo.;n;c Europe;n Asia.
|discussion=<p>Kalmia procumbens is the only species of the genus that is not endemic to North America. An attractive dwarf shrub, it is sometimes cultivated in rock gardens.</p>
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name=Kalmia procumbens
|author=
|authority=(Linnaeus) Gift, Kron & P. F. Stevens ex Galasso, Banfi & F. Conti
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Chamaecistus procumbens;Loiseleuria procumbens;Rhododendron procumbens
|basionyms=Azalea procumbens
|family=Ericaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jun–Aug.
|habitat=Dry to moist, subarctic, arctic, and alpine tundra, coastal marshes
|elevation=0-2500 m
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;Nunavut;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Maine;N.H.;N.Y.;Wash.;Wyo.;n;c Europe;n Asia.
|reference=None
|publication title=F. Conti et al., Annot. Checkl. Ital. Vasc. Fl.
|publication year=2005
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_950.xml
|subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae
|genus=Kalmia
|species=Kalmia procumbens
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