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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Kalmia hirsuta
|accepted_authority=Walter
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Carol.,
|place=138. 1788 ,
}}
|common_names=Sandhill laurel
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Chamaedaphne hirsuta
|authority=(Walter) Kuntze
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Kalmia ciliata
|authority=W. Bartram
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Kalmiella hirsuta
|authority=(Walter) Small
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae;Kalmia;Kalmia hirsuta
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ericaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Kalmia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Kalmia hirsuta]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 480, 481
|treatment_page=page 483
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>spreading to erect, 0.3–0.6(–1.2) m. <b>Twigs</b> terete, viscid, puberulent, densely hispid. <b>Leaves</b> alternate; petiole 0.1–1 mm, hirsute-puberulent; blade elliptic to ovate, 0.5–1.4 × 0.1–0.8 cm, margins slightly revolute, apex acute, rounded-apiculate, surfaces usually puberulent, hispid, and stipitate-glandular, rarely glabrous. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, scattered along stem, usually solitary flowers, sometimes fascicles or compact racemes, 2–5-flowered. <b>Pedicels</b> 10–15 mm. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals tardily deciduous, green, lanceolate, 3–8 mm, apex acute, surfaces puberulent, hispid, stipitate-glandular; petals connate their entire lengths, pink (rarely white), red near anther pockets, with ring of red spots proximal to pockets, 8–10 × 10–15 mm, usually sparsely hirsute and stipitate-glandular on keels abaxially, puberulent at base adaxially; filaments 3–4 mm; style 5–7.5 mm. <b>Capsules</b> 5-locular, 2–3.5 × 2–4 mm, sparsely stipitate-glandular. <b>Seeds</b> not winged, ovoid, 0.2–0.5 mm. <b>2n</b> = 24.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Jul.
|habitat=Open sandy savannas, sand hills, and pine barrens
|elevation=0-100 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;S.C.
|tables=
|references=
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Kalmia hirsuta
|authority=Walter
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Chamaedaphne hirsuta;Kalmia ciliata;Kalmiella hirsuta
|basionyms=
|family=Ericaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Jul.
|habitat=Open sandy savannas, sand hills, and pine barrens
|elevation=0-100 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;S.C.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Carol.,
|publication year=
|special status=
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|subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae
|genus=Kalmia
|species=Kalmia hirsuta
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