View source for Kalmia buxifolia

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Kalmia buxifolia
|accepted_authority=(Bergius) Gift & Kron
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Nordic J. Bot.
|place=26: 47. 2008 ,
}}
|common_names=Sand-myrtle
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Ledum buxifolium
|authority=Bergius
|publication_title=Acta Acad. Sci. Imp. Petrop.
|publication_place=1(1): 213. 1777
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Dendrium hugeri
|authority=Small
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Leiophyllum buxifolium
|authority=(Bergius) Elliott
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Leiophyllum buxifolium var. hugeri
|authority=(Small) C. K. Schneider
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Leiophyllum buxifolium var. prostratum
|authority=(Loudon) A. Gray
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Leiophyllum hugeri
|authority=de Candolle
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Leiophyllum prostratum
|authority=unknown
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Leiophyllum serpyllifolium
|authority=unknown
}}
|hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae;Kalmia;Kalmia buxifolia
|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 buxifolia]]</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>erect, 0.1–1 m. <b>Twigs</b> terete or slightly 2-angled proximal to node, viscid, glabrous or sparsely hairy. <b>Leaves</b> alternate or opposite; petiole absent or 0.1–2 mm, glabrous or puberulent; blade ovate or oval to narrowly lanceolate, (0.4–)0.6–1.2(–1.4) × (0.2–)0.3–0.6 cm, margins somewhat revolute, apex obtuse, abaxial surface tomentulose, adaxial glabrous or sparsely puberulent toward base. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, corymbiform racemes or umbels, (3–)6–8(–18)-flowered. <b>Pedicels</b> 5–11 mm. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals green, lanceolate, 1–1.2 mm, apex acute, surfaces glabrous, margins ciliate; petals (spreading), distinct nearly their entire lengths, white or light pink, 3–4 × 2–3.5 mm, glabrous; filaments 3–5 mm; (ovary stipitate-glandular); style 3–4 mm. <b>Capsules</b> 2–3(–5)-locular, (persistent style forming beak on each locule), 2.5–4 × 2.5–3 mm, glabrous. <b>Seeds</b> not winged, oblong to ovoid, 0.4–0.5 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering mid spring.
|habitat=Open pine or oak woods in sandy soil, pocosins, and rocky summits
|elevation=0-1700(-1900) m
|distribution=Ga.;Ky.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.
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name=Kalmia buxifolia
|author=
|authority=(Bergius) Gift & Kron
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Dendrium hugeri;Leiophyllum buxifolium;Leiophyllum buxifolium var. hugeri;Leiophyllum buxifolium var. prostratum;Leiophyllum hugeri;Leiophyllum prostratum;Leiophyllum serpyllifolium
|basionyms=Ledum buxifolium
|family=Ericaceae
|phenology=Flowering mid spring.
|habitat=Open pine or oak woods in sandy soil, pocosins, and rocky summits
|elevation=0-1700(-1900) m
|distribution=Ga.;Ky.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.
|reference=None
|publication title=Nordic J. Bot.
|publication year=
|special status=
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|subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae
|genus=Kalmia
|species=Kalmia buxifolia
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