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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Kalmia polifolia
|accepted_authority=Wangenheim
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin
|place=8(3): 130, plate 5. 1788 ,
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|common_names=Bog;swamp;or pale laurel
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Kalmia glauca
|authority=Aiton
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae;Kalmia;Kalmia polifolia
|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 polifolia]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 481, 484
|treatment_page=page 485
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>erect, to 1 m. <b>Twigs</b> slightly flattened, 2-angled, viscid, glabrous or puberulent in decurrent, ciliolate lines from petiole base. <b>Leaves</b> opposite; petiole 0.1–3 mm, glabrous or puberulent (base ciliate); blade usually oblong to linear, sometimes oval, 1.5–4.5 × 0.3–1.5 cm, margins usually revolute, apex obtuse to acute, abaxial surface puberulent, adaxial glabrate with puberulent bands on either side of midrib, midribs on both surfaces covered with purple, clavate trichomes. <b>Inflorescences</b> solitary flowers or terminal, corymbiform racemes, 3–8(–17)-flowered. <b>Pedicels</b> 15–30 mm. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals pale, translucent, white to light pink, ovate, 2.9–4 mm, apex obtuse, surfaces glabrous, margins ciliate; petals connate their entire lengths, usually rose-purple or pink, rarely white, 9–11 × 12–18 mm, glabrous except puberulent near base abaxially; filaments 4–5 mm; style 4.5–7 mm. <b>Capsules</b> 5-locular, 4–6 × 4–7 mm, glabrous. <b>Seeds</b> winged, oblong, 1.5–2.2 mm. <b>2n</b> = 48.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Jul.
|habitat=Open bogs, swamps, wet alpine slopes
|elevation=0-800 m
|distribution=Alta.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.W.T.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Conn.;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;Pa.;R.I.;Vt.;Wis.;introduced in Europe (England).
|discussion=<p><i>Kalmia polifolia</i> is very closely related to <i>K. microphylla</i> and there is no general agreement on their taxonomic treatment. The two taxa have different flavonoid profiles and are distinctly separated (S. Liu 1993). The controversial Pacific lowland (Washington to Alaska) entity occidentalis resembles <i>K. polifolia</i> in structure; it is closely related to typical microphylla chemically and is separable from <i>K. polifolia</i> by key characters.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Kalmia polifolia
|authority=Wangenheim
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Kalmia glauca
|basionyms=
|family=Ericaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Jul.
|habitat=Open bogs, swamps, wet alpine slopes
|elevation=0-800 m
|distribution=Alta.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.W.T.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Conn.;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;Pa.;R.I.;Vt.;Wis.;introduced in Europe (England).
|reference=None
|publication title=Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin
|publication year=
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_948.xml
|subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae
|genus=Kalmia
|species=Kalmia polifolia
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