Kalmia polifolia, Wangenh.
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2. K. polifolia Wangenh. View in CoL , Sehr. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 8(2): 130 (1788).
Stems up to 70 cm, ascending or erect, slender; young twigs with 2 angular ridges, pubescent. Leaves 10-30 x 2-8 mm, mostly opposite, linear- to elliptic-oblong, subsessile, entire, glabrous, glaucous or whitish beneath; margin usually strongly revolute. Corymbs terminal; pedicels glabrous. Sepals scarious, obtuse; corolla 10-20 mm in diameter, purplish-pink. Cultivatedfo r ornament, and naturalized in a bog in S.E. England. [Br.] (North America.)
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Kalmia polifolia
| Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1972 |
K. polifolia
| Wangenh. 1788: 130 |