| Scientific Name: | Kalmia microphylla |
| Common Name: | western bog laurel |
| Family Name: | Ericaceae |
| Origin: | B.C. west of Cascades, U.S. - northwest, U.S. - southwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 2: (-46 to -40 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Twiggy, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - horizontal |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Group or mass planting, Rock garden, Spring interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Bog |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Leathery, Glabrous, Lanceolate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Cyme, Purple, Pink, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Green, Brown, Jul-Aug |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves opposite, leathery, mostly lanceolate, 0.8-4cm long x 3-11mm wide, margins entire and often rolled under, shiny, dark green, glabrous above, lower surface grayish and very finely and densely covered with short glandula hairsh, petioles 2-5mm longl; flowers deep pinkish-rose, saucer-shaped, 1-2cm wide; capsules 5-valved, about 4mm wide x 5mm long. (E-Flora BC) | |