page_title: Kalmia procumbens
section_title: Morphology
hierarchical_section_title: Kalmia procumbens / Morphology
caption_attribution_description: Dansk: Kryb-Lyng (Kalmia procumbens) fotograferet på fjeld nær Upernavik, Grønland. En enkelt stilk er taget fra en busk of lagt på en sten så man bedre kan se plantens opbygning. English: Loiseleuria procumbens photographed near Upernavik, Greenland.
context_page_description: Kalmia procumbens, commonly known as alpine azalea or trailing azalea, is a dwarf shrub of high mountain regions of the Northern Hemisphere that usually grows no more than 10 centimeters tall. Originally named by Linnaeus as Azalea procumbens, it is also named after French botanist L.L.A. Loiseleur-Deslongchamps - Loiseleuria procumbens.
context_section_description: Individuals of this species are shrubs grown for two to five rose-pink flowers. Its leaves are opposite and its evergreen leaves are leathery blades to 8mm long and have incised margin. Edges are rolled under green on the top and white with dense short hairs underneath.
caption: Kalmia procumbens flowers
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