Kalmia hirsuta, the hairy mountain-laurel, is a plant species native to the southeastern United States. It is reported from Florida, Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina. It grows in open, sandy locations such as savannahs, sand hills and pine barrens at elevations of less than 100 m (330 feet).[2]
The epithet "hirsuta" means "covered with coarse stiff hairs," appropriate as the hairiness of the leaves is one major character in distinguishing this species from its relatives. Kalmia hirsuta is a shrub up to 1.2 m (4 feet) tall. Leaves are elliptic to ovate, up to 14 mm (0.6 inches) long. Inflorescences form in the axils of the leaves, with 1-5 flowers. Flowers are pink with red spots.[3][4][5][6]
Kalmia hirsuta, the hairy mountain-laurel, is a plant species native to the southeastern United States. It is reported from Florida, Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina. It grows in open, sandy locations such as savannahs, sand hills and pine barrens at elevations of less than 100 m (330 feet).
The epithet "hirsuta" means "covered with coarse stiff hairs," appropriate as the hairiness of the leaves is one major character in distinguishing this species from its relatives. Kalmia hirsuta is a shrub up to 1.2 m (4 feet) tall. Leaves are elliptic to ovate, up to 14 mm (0.6 inches) long. Inflorescences form in the axils of the leaves, with 1-5 flowers. Flowers are pink with red spots.
Kalmiella es un género monotípico de plantas fanerógamas pertenecientes a la familia Ericaceae. Su única especie: Kalmiella hirsuta es originaria de Norteamérica.[1]
Son arbustos extendidos a erectos que alcanzan un tamaño de, 0.3-0.6 m de altura. Las ramitas teretes, viscosas, puberulentas, densamente hispidas. Hojas alternas, con pecíolo de 0,1-1 mm, hirsuto-puberulento; hojas elípticas a ovadas, 0,5-1,4 × 0,1 a 0,8 cm, márgenes ligeramente revolutos, ápice agudo,-apiculado redondeado, superficies normalmente puberulentas, hispidas, y con estipitado glandular, raramente glabras. Las inflorescencias son axilares, dispersas a lo largo del tallo, flores generalmente solitarias, a veces en fascículos o racimos compactos, 2-5-florecido. Pedicelos de 10-15 mm. Flores: sépalos tardíamente caducifolios, verdes, lanceoladas, de 3-8 mm, ápice agudo, superficies puberulentas, hispidas, estipitado-glandular; pétalos connados en toda su longitud, de color rosa (raramente blancos), de color rojo cerca de la anteras, con el anillo de manchas rojas proximal. Cápsulas con 5 lóculos, 2-3.5 × 2-4 mm. Las semillas no aladas, ovoides, de 0,2-0,5 mm. Tiene un número de cromosomas de 2n = 24.[2]
Se encuentra en la sabanas abiertas de arena, dunas y pinares. La floración se produce de mayo a julio.
Kalmiella hirsuta fue descrita por (Walter) Small y publicado en Flora of the Southeastern United States 886. 1903.[3]
Kalmiella es un género monotípico de plantas fanerógamas pertenecientes a la familia Ericaceae. Su única especie: Kalmiella hirsuta es originaria de Norteamérica.