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Dendrium hugeri SmaU, BuU. Torrey Club 28: 360. 1901
An erect much-branched shrub 9 dm. tall or less, nearly glabrous to the inflorescence; leaves alternate, the blades oblong or individually oblong-ovate, 9-15 mm. long, dark-green and shining above, paler and dull beneath, short-petioled; pedicels pubescent and minutely glandular; calyx-lobes lanceolate, 2 mm. long or sometimes shorter, acute; petals broadly ovate or rhombic-ovate, 3.5-4 mm. long; capsules ovoid, 3.5-4 mm. long, niuricate or scabrous on the back.
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Type locality: Top of Table Mountain, South Carolina. Distribution: Mountain*; North C^urolina and South Carolina.
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- John Kunkel Small, NathanieI Lord Britton, Per Axel Rydberg, LeRoy Abrams. 1914. ERICALES, CLETHRACEAE, LENNOACEAE, PTROLACEAE, MONOTROPACEAE, ERICACEAE, UVA-URSI. North American flora. vol 29(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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Dendrium buxifolium (Berg.) Desv. Jour. Bot
Desv. II. 1: 36. 1813.
Ledum buxifolium Berg. Acta Acad. Petrop. l^: 213. 1778. Ammyrsine buxifolia Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 301. 1814. Fischeria buxifolia Sw. M6m. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 5: 14. 1817. Leiophyllum buxifolium EU. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 1: 483. 1817. Ledum thymifolium Lam. Encyc. 3: 459. 1791. Leiophyllum thymifolium G. Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 851. 1834. Leiophyllum serpyllifolium DC. Prodr. 7: 730. 1839.
An erect much-branched shrub resembling dwarf-box, 5 dm. tall or less, glabrous throughout; leaves mainly alternate, the blades oblong or slightly broadened upward, 3-8 mm. long or rarely longer, deep-green and shining above, paler and dull beneath, short-petioled; pedicels glabrous; calyx-lobes oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate, about 1 mm. long, obtusish or acutish in age; petals oblong to ovate-oblong, 2-2.5 mm. long; capsules ovoid, about 3 mm. long, glabrous, more than twice as long as the calyx.
Type tocAi^iTY: North America.
Distribution : Coastal plain. New Jersey ; also recorded from as far south as Florida, but no specimens have been seen from south of New Jersey.
iLi^usTRATiONS : Lam. Tab. Hncyc. pi. 363; Bot. Cab. pi. 52; Herb. G^n. Amat. pi. 242; Britt. & Brown, 111. Fl. /. 2754; ed. 2. /. 3226; Goodale, Wild Fl. Am. pi. 49; Bot. Reg. 7: pi. 531.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel Small, NathanieI Lord Britton, Per Axel Rydberg, LeRoy Abrams. 1914. ERICALES, CLETHRACEAE, LENNOACEAE, PTROLACEAE, MONOTROPACEAE, ERICACEAE, UVA-URSI. North American flora. vol 29(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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Dendrium lyoni (Sweet) Small
Ammyrsine Lyoni Sweet, Hort. Brit. 344. 1830.
Ammyrsine prostrata I^oud. Hort. Brit. 477. 1832.
Leiophyllum prostratum Loud. Arb. 1155. 1839.
Leiophyllum Lyoni Sweet, Hort. Brit. ed. 3. 444. 1839.
Leiophyllum buxifoUum prostratum A. Gray, Am. Joiu". Sci. 42: 36. 1842.
Dendrium buxifoUum prostratum Ashe, Bot. Gaz. 24: 377. 1897.
Dendrium prostratum Small, Fl. SE. U. S. 882. 1903.
A diffuse or depressed copiously branched shrub with often matted branches, nearly glabrous, 2 dm. tall or less; leaves mostly opposite, the blades oval or broadly oblong, 4—7 mm. long or smaller, dark-green and shining above, paler and dull beneath, short-petioled; pedicels pubescent, more or less glandular; calyx-lobes lanceolate to linear, about 1.5 mm. long, acute or obtusish; petals ovate or oval, 2.5 mm. long; capsules broadly ovoid to globose-ovoid, 2.5-3 mm. long, sharp-tuberculate on the back.
Type locality: Carolina.
Distribution: Mountain simimits, North CaroHna and Tennessee.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel Small, NathanieI Lord Britton, Per Axel Rydberg, LeRoy Abrams. 1914. ERICALES, CLETHRACEAE, LENNOACEAE, PTROLACEAE, MONOTROPACEAE, ERICACEAE, UVA-URSI. North American flora. vol 29(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
Kalmia buxifolia
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Kalmia buxifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae known by the common name sandmyrtle, or sand-myrtle. It is native to the mid-Atlantic and southeastern United States, where it has a disjunct distribution, occurring in three separate areas. It is known from the Pine Barrens of New Jersey, the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas, and the southeastern Blue Ridge Mountains.[1]
This species is sometimes called Leiophyllum buxifolium, the only member of the monotypic genus Leiophyllum.[2] Genetic analysis supports its inclusion in genus Kalmia.[3]
This species is quite variable in appearance.[2] It is a shrub growing 10 centimeters to one meter in height. The leaves may be alternately or oppositely arranged on the stems. They are oval to lance-shaped and up to 1.4 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a raceme or umbel of up to 18 flowers with white or light pink petals. The fruit is a capsule a few millimeters long.[4]
This species grows in a variety of habitat types in its fragmented range, including sandy plains in the Carolinas and rocky mountain woods.[1]
The Latin specific epithet buxifolia means "box-leaved", referring to species in the genus Buxus.[5]
The species [6] and the cultivar 'Maryfield' have received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [7]
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Kalmia buxifolia: Brief Summary
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Kalmia buxifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae known by the common name sandmyrtle, or sand-myrtle. It is native to the mid-Atlantic and southeastern United States, where it has a disjunct distribution, occurring in three separate areas. It is known from the Pine Barrens of New Jersey, the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas, and the southeastern Blue Ridge Mountains.
This species is sometimes called Leiophyllum buxifolium, the only member of the monotypic genus Leiophyllum. Genetic analysis supports its inclusion in genus Kalmia.
This species is quite variable in appearance. It is a shrub growing 10 centimeters to one meter in height. The leaves may be alternately or oppositely arranged on the stems. They are oval to lance-shaped and up to 1.4 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a raceme or umbel of up to 18 flowers with white or light pink petals. The fruit is a capsule a few millimeters long.
This species grows in a variety of habitat types in its fragmented range, including sandy plains in the Carolinas and rocky mountain woods.
The Latin specific epithet buxifolia means "box-leaved", referring to species in the genus Buxus.
The species and the cultivar 'Maryfield' have received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
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