Kalmia polifolia Wangenh.
Publ. & Syn.Wangenh., Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 8, 2: 130 (1788). Described on garden specimens from plants introduced by Banks from Newfoundland (Canada; see Hitchcock et al. 1959).
NotesThe related Cordilleran-Pacific Kalmia microphylla Hook. (K. polifolia subsp. microphylla (Hook.) Calder & R.L. Taylor) reaches north to non-arctic parts of the Yukon Territory and southern Alaska.
Chromosomes44 48 (4x). - Canada, U.S.A. - At least five reports.
GeographyNorth American (N): CAN.
Distribution N = F     E = S     CC = r     HL = s     [ key ]
Parent taxonKalmia L.
PAF ID740301
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Panarctic Flora Editor-in-Chief: Reidar Elven (Natural History Museum, University of Oslo)
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