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Kalmiopsis fragrans

fragrant kalmiopsis, north Umpqua kalmiopsis, Umpqua kalmiopsis
Habit Shrubs, erect, larger plants frequently trailing, loose, to 12(–30) dm.
Twigs

reddish to purplish, becoming gray to dark gray, puberulent and sparsely sessile-glandular, becoming glabrate.
Leaves

sweetly aromatic;

petiole 1–4 mm, sparsely puberulent, glandular;

blade rich, deep green abaxially, pale green adaxially, elliptic to elliptic-oblong, (5–)8–30(–45) × 4–10 mm, base ± cuneate, margins entire, plane, apex obtuse, apiculate, surfaces glabrous or sparsely sessile dotted-glandular abaxially, moderately covered with sessile crystalline-punctate glands adaxially.
Inflorescences

erect, (2–)4–8(–12)-flowered;

bracts leaflike.
Pedicels

0.5–2.5(–3.3) cm, hairy, glandular.
Flowers

calyx lobes reddish pink to purple, ovate, 3–5 mm, margins ± glandular-ciliate;

corolla pale reddish purple to deep pink, 16–28(–33) mm diam., petal ridges connected within corolla lobes, connate ca. 1/3 their lengths, abaxial surface ± puberulent and glandular toward apex (throat mostly glabrous);

filaments 7–16 mm, with yellowish cilia densely tufted basally;

anthers purple, oblong, 0.7–1.8 mm;

style dimorphic, 11–15 mm (long form), 5–8 mm (short form);

ovary puberulent, dotted-glandular.
Seeds

0.3–0.7 mm.

Kalmiopsis fragrans
Phenology Flowering early–late spring.
Habitat Tuffaceous outcrops, within shaded, mesic, coniferous forests, open ridges, bare rock or shallow soil at bases of cliffs or boulders
Elevation 400-1300 m (1300-4300 ft)
Distribution
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Discussion

Of conservation concern.

In cultivation, Kalmiopsis fragrans has sometimes been sold or labeled as the “LePiniec” form of Kalmiopsis. In the wild, it has a narrower geographic range (restricted to Douglas County in the southern Cascade Mountains of Oregon) and is significantly rarer than K. leachiana.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 8, p. 479.
Parent taxa Ericaceae > subfam. Ericoideae > Kalmiopsis
Sibling taxa
K. leachiana
Name authority Meinke & Kaye: J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1: 10, figs. 1, 2A,C, 3A, 4A,B. 2007 ,
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