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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Kalmiopsis''
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Ericales]]
| familia = [[Ericaceae]]
| genus = '''''Kalmiopsis'''''
| species = '''''K. leachiana'''''
| binomial = ''Kalmiopsis leachiana''
| binomial_authority = (Henderson) Rehd.
}}
'''Kalmiopsis''' (''Kalmiopsis leachiana'') is a rare [[flowering plant]] [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to the [[Siskiyou Mountains]] of southwest [[Oregon]], where it is specially protected in the 72,800 ha [[Kalmiopsis Wilderness]] reserve. It is related to ''[[Kalmia]]'' in the family [[Ericaceae]]. It is an [[evergreen]] [[shrub]] growing to 10-30 cm tall, with erect stems bearing spirally arranged simple [[leaf|leaves]] 2-3 cm long and 1 cm broad. The [[flower]]s are pink-purple, in [[raceme]]s of 6-9 together, reminiscent of small [[Rhododendron]] flowers but flatter, with a star-like calyx of five conjoined [[petal]]s; each flower is 1.5-2 cm diameter. The [[fruit]] is a five-lobed capsule, which splits to release the numerous small [[seed]]s.
==External links==
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=KALE NRCS: USDA Plants Profile ''Kalmiopsis leachiana''], OR: [http://plants.usda.gov/java/county?state_name=Oregon&statefips=41&symbol=KALE]
[[Category:Ericaceae]]
[[Category:Flora of Oregon]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Kalmiopsis''
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Ericales]]
| familia = [[Ericaceae]]
| genus = '''''Kalmiopsis'''''
| species = '''''K. leachiana'''''
| binomial = ''Kalmiopsis leachiana''
| binomial_authority = (Henderson) Rehd.
}}
'''Kalmiopsis''' (''Kalmiopsis leachiana'') is a rare [[flowering plant]] [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to the [[Siskiyou Mountains]] of southwest [[Oregon]], where it is specially protected in the 72,800 ha [[Kalmiopsis Wilderness]] reserve. It is related to ''[[Kalmia]]'' in the family [[Ericaceae]]. It is an [[evergreen]] [[shrub]] growing to 10-30 cm tall, with erect stems bearing spirally arranged simple [[leaf|leaves]] 2-3 cm long and 1 cm broad. The [[flower]]s are pink-purple, in [[raceme]]s of 6-9 together, reminiscent of small [[Rhododendron]] flowers but flatter, with a star-like calyx of five conjoined [[petal]]s; each flower is 1.5-2 cm diameter. The [[fruit]] is a five-lobed capsule, which splits to release the numerous small [[seed]]s.
==External links==
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=KALE NRCS: USDA Plants Profile ''Kalmiopsis leachiana''], OR: [http://plants.usda.gov/java/county?state_name=Oregon&statefips=41&symbol=KALE]
[[Category:Ericaceae]]
[[Category:Flora of Oregon]]
