| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Kalmia buxifolia (P.J.Bergius) Gift & Kron |
| Bibliography | Nordic J. Bot. 26: 47 (2008) |
| Native Range | e. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 0-1700m |
| Description | leaves minute, oblong-ovate, obtuse, verticillate of 3-4, flowers in crowded terminal heads, corolla pentamerous, pinkish punctate, in bud pink |
| Size | 10-90cm |
| Color | white, light pink |
| Bloom | early summer |
| Ca | - |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring |
| Synonyms | Ammyrsine buxifolia (P.J.Bergius) Pursh Ammyrsine lyoni Sweet Ammyrsine thymifolia J.Forbes Dendrium buxifolium (P.J.Bergius) Desv. Dendrium buxifolium var. hugeri (Small) F.F.Copel. Dendrium buxifolium var. prostratum (Loudon) Ashe Dendrium hugeri Small Dendrium lyonii (Sweet) Small Dendrium prostratum (Loudon) Small Fischeria buxifolia (P.J.Bergius) Sw. Ledum buxifolium P.J.Bergius Ledum serpyllifolium L‘Hér. ex DC. Ledum thymifolium Lam. Leiophyllum buxifolium (P.J.Bergius) Elliott Leiophyllum buxifolium var. hugeri (Small) C.K.Schneid. Leiophyllum buxifolium var. prostratum (Loudon) A.Gray Leiophyllum buxifolium var. typicum C.K.Schneid. Leiophyllum hugeri (Small) K.Schum. Leiophyllum lyonii Sweet Leiophyllum prostratum Loudon Leiophyllum pyrolifolium Dippel Leiophyllum thymifolium Steud. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (NWJ New Jersey, NWY New York, PEN Pennsylvania) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (GEO Georgia, KTY Kentucky, NCA North Carolina, SCA South Carolina, TEN Tennessee) |