Kalmia L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 10

8. Kalmia L. 1

Evergreen shrubs; leaves alternate to whorled. Flowers 5- merous, in small, umbel-like corymbs; bracts small, herbaceous, persistent. Sepals connate at the base. Corolla with a short tube and cup-shaped limb, only slightly lobed, plicate towards the base so as to form 10 pouches in which the anthers lie before dehiscence. Stamens 10, shorter than corolla; anthers without appendages. Fruit a septicidal capsule; seeds with loose-fitting testa. Corymbs axillary; leaves ± flat, green or ferruginous beneath

1. angustifolia Corymbs terminal; leaves with revolute margins, glaucous or whitish beneath 2. polifolia