| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Kalmia procumbens (L.) Gift & al. ex Galasso & al. |
| Bibliography | Annot. Checkl. Italian Vasc. Fl.: 20 (2005) |
| Native Range | Europe, n. & c. Japan, Subarctic to n. USA |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 0-3000m |
| Description | leaves opposite, sessile, ovate to narrowly lanceolate, 3-8mm, margins revolute, obtuse, adaxially glabrous, flowers in terminal raceme, sepals crimson, ciliate |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | pink, white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | - |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring |
| Synonyms | Azalea procumbens L. Chamaecistus procumbens (L.) Kuntze Chamaecistus serpyllifolius Gray Chamaeledon procumbens (L.) Link Loiseleuria procumbens (L.) Desv. ex Loisel. Rhododendron procumbens (L.) E.H.L.Krause |
| Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, FOR Fřroyar, GRB Great Britain, ICE Iceland, NOR Norway, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, GER Germany, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan, PRM Primorye, SAK Sakhalin) 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NFL Newfoundland, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (MAI Maine, NWH New Hampshire, NWY New York) |