Author- (Hook.) A. Heller (1898)
Size- total: 3 in up to 6 in
Habit- short, low-growing, sparsely branched
Flower- Colour: rose-purple to pink
- Size: 0.25 in to 0.75 in
Foliage- Shape: opposite, leathery, flat, evergreen, ovate to oval
- Size: 0.5 in
Habitat- alpine meadows, bogs open wet areas
Natural Range- Central California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado north to Alaska east to Manitoba
Literature- Jaynes, Richard A., 1997: Kalmia, mountain laurel and related species, Timber Press, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.
Comments- only species found west of the Rocky Mountains
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