Loiseleuria

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Loiseleuria >

Read about Loiseleuria in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Loiseleuria (after J. C. A. Loiseleur-Deslong- champs, physician and botanist in Paris, 1774-1849). Syn., Charmaeledon, Chamaecistus. Ericaceae. A procumbent hardy evergreen shrub with very small, mostly opposite, closely set. entire lvs., and with small, usually rose-colored fls. in terminal, few-fld. umbels. A single species in the subarctic regions and high mountains of the northern hemisphere, allied to Kalmia and Leiophyllum, but calyx 5-parted, nearly as long as the bell-shaped corolla, stamens 5, with the anthers opening lengthwise and caps. 2-3-cellcd. Well adapted for rockeries, forming depressed tufts, but not easy to grow and rarely cult. It grows best in a sunny or partly shaded position in a porous, peaty and sandy soil, which is well drained and has a constant but moderate supply of moisture. Prop, by seeds treated like those of rhododendron or by cuttings of half-ripened wood under glass. L. procumbens, Desv. (Azalea procumbens, Linn. Chamaecistus procumbens, Kuntze). Only a few inches high, quite glabrous: lvs. petioled, oval to narrow-oblong, revolute at the margin, about ¼in. long: fls. 1-5, on rather short pedicels, pink or whitish, about 1/5 in. across. July, Aug. L.B.C. 8:762. G.C. III. 53:343. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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