Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Kalmiella hirsuta (Walt.) Small, Fl. SBU. S. 886. 1903
Kalmia hirsuta Walt. Fl. Car. 138. 1788.
Kalmia ciliata Bartr.; Dum.-Cours. Bot. Cult. ed. 2. 3: 323. 1811.
A shrub 6 dm. tall or less, with hirsute foliage and spreading or ascending branches; leaf-blades thick, oblong, lanceolate, or oval-orbicular, 4-10 mm. long, acute or acutish, somewhat revolute, bright-green and shining above, pale-green and dull beneath, ciliate, nearly sessile; pedicels as long as the leaves or longer, loosely hirsute; sepals oblong-lanceolate or elliptic, acuminate, long-ciliate; corolla rose-purple or pink, 10-15 mm. broad; filaments pubescent near the base; capsules ovoid, about 3 mm. long.
TypB I.OCAI.ITY: South Carolina. Distribution: Virginia to Florida and Alabama.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel Small, NathanieI Lord Britton, Per Axel Rydberg, LeRoy Abrams. 1914. ERICALES, CLETHRACEAE, LENNOACEAE, PTROLACEAE, MONOTROPACEAE, ERICACEAE, UVA-URSI. North American flora. vol 29(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
