Kalmia microphylla

Alpine Bog Laurel

Species group: Plants

Found in: Plants and lichens of Puget Trough

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Classification

Kingdom:

Plantae

Phylum:

Anthophyta

Class:

Dicotyledoneae

Order:

Ericales

Family:

Ericaceae

Genus:

Kalmia

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Distribution

Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Kalmia polifolia var. microphylla (Hook.) Rehder:
United States (North America)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.

References:

Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. Cal. Fl. 1–1681. University of California Press, Berkeley.

Source:

Missouri Botanical Garden

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Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Kalmia microphylla (Hook.) A. Heller:
China (Asia)
United States (North America)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.

References:

Anonymous. 1986. List-Based Rec., Soil Conserv. Serv., U.S.D.A. Database of the U.S.D.A., Beltsville.

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Missouri Botanical Garden

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National Distribution

Canada

Origin: Unknown/Undetermined

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

United States

Origin: Unknown/Undetermined

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

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Global Range: UT (Daggett, Duchesne, Summit, Uintah counties),AB, AK and YT, OR, WA, ID, MT, WY, CO, NV, CA.

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Diagnostic Description

K. MICROPHYLLA is similar but is usually less than 10 cm tall with leaves 1-2 cm long and flowers less than 12 mm across.

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Habitat

Comments: Spruce-fir and lodgepole pine communities, typically in meadows and along streams and lake margins at 2900-3750 m. Cold bogs.

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Molecular Biology

Statistics of barcoding coverage: Kalmia microphylla

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 2
Specimens with Barcodes: 4
Species With Barcodes: 1

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Conservation Status

National NatureServe Conservation Status

Canada

Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked

United States

Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked

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NatureServe Conservation Status

Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure

Reasons: Widespread in western US and Canada.

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NatureServe Explorer

Source:
ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.148824

Classification

Other Global Common Names:

Alpine Laurel - alpine laurel

Synonyms:

Kalmia microphylla ssp. microphylla

Taxonomy:

Informal Taxonomy:

Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Heath Family

Formal Taxonomy:

Plantae - Anthophyta - Dicotyledoneae - Ericales - Ericaceae - Kalmia

Ecology and Life History

Short General Description:

Evergreen shrub.

Description:

Pale Laurel is a low, evergreen shrub with branched, ascending to prostrate stems that are 2-5 dm long and which root at the nodes. The narrowly elliptic leaves are 2-4 cm long, are opposite, and have short petioles and entire, rolled-under margins. They are dark green and glabrous above but densely gray-hairy and glandular below. Several flowers are borne on stalks that are 2-4 cm long at the stem tips. The calyx has 5 deep lobes that are 2-3 mm long, and the deep pink, bowl-shaped, 5-lobed corolla is 12-18 mm broad. There are 10 stamens. The fruit is a nearly round capsule that is 2-3 mm high; it opens by 5 slits radiating from the center.

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Conservation Status

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Global Status Last Reviewed:

1993-06-25

Global Status Last Changed:

1993-06-25

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Distribution

Conservation Status Map:

Global Range:

UT (Daggett, Duchesne, Summit, Uintah counties),AB, AK and YT, OR, WA, ID, MT, WY, CO, NV, CA.

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Kalmia microphylla

Alpine Bog Laurel

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Distribution

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Localities documented in Tropicos sources

National Distribution

Canada

United States

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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Kalmia microphylla

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Kalmia microphylla

Alpine Bog Laurel

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Table of Contents

Distribution

Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Localities documented in Tropicos sources

National Distribution

Canada

United States

Diagnostic Description

Habitat

Molecular Biology

Statistics of barcoding coverage: Kalmia microphylla

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National NatureServe Conservation Status

Canada

United States

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