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Kalmiopsis leachiana
Kalmiopsis leachiana

kalmiopsis, north Umpqua kalmiopsis, Siskiyou kalmiopsis
Habit Shrubs, erect, rarely trailing, usually tufted, 2–4(–8) dm.
Twigs

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

aromatic;

petiole 0.5–2 mm, sparsely puberulent and sessile-glandular;

blade dark green abaxially, light green adaxially, elliptic to elliptic-oblong, 10–25 × 5–12 mm, base cuneate, margins entire, usually plane, apex obtuse, usually apiculate, surfaces glabrous or sparsely sessile dotted-glandular abaxially, densely covered with sessile crystalline-punctate glands adaxially.
Inflorescences

erect, (5–)7–12(–15)-flowered;

bracts leaflike.
Pedicels

1–2 cm, hairy, glandular.
Flowers

calyx lobes light purple, ovate, 3–5 mm, margins ± glandular-ciliate;

corolla rose to deep pink, (12–)14–20 mm diam., petal ridges connected between corolla lobes, lobes connate ca. 1/2 their lengths, abaxial surface ± puberulent and glandular apically (throat puberulent or glabrous);

filaments 3–7(–10) mm, rarely ciliate basally;

anthers purple, oblong, 0.7–1.8 mm;

style dimorphic, 7–10 mm (long form), 3–6 mm (short form);

ovary puberulent, dotted-glandular.
Seeds

0.3–0.7 mm.
2n

= 24.

Kalmiopsis leachiana
Phenology Flowering late spring–early summer.
Habitat Open sunny ridges in xeric shrub community or sparse woodland, rooted in shallow or, more often, deeper soils, on a range of substrates, often including ultramafics
Elevation (200-)600-1400 (-2100) m ((700-)2000-4600 (-6900) ft)
Distribution
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Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Kalmiopsis leachiana is known from the Siskiyou Mountains in Curry and Josephine counties.

(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. fragrans
Synonyms Rhododendron leachianum, Rhodothamnus leachianus
Name authority (L. F. Henderson) Rehder: J. Arnold Arbor. 13: 32. 1932 ,
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