Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Kalmia buxifolia
FAMILY
Ericaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read about Leiophyllum, Loiseleuria, and Kalmia from Alan Weakley and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Read more about Sand-myrtle at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Leiophyllum buxifolium
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Kalmia buxifolia
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-07-001:
Leiophyllum buxifolium var. buxifolium
FAMILY
Ericaceae
INCLUDING
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Leiophyllum buxifolium var. prostratum
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Leiophyllum hugeri
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Leiophyllum lyonii
COMMON NAME:
Sand-myrtle, Mountain Myrtle
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_debu2_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_kalmia_buxifolia_0626
February Lexington County SC
Peachtree Rock Heritage Preserve
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John B. Nelson jbn_441264980_7bee32c0b9
March
The 1/4" wide flowers have 5 spreading petals and 10 protruding stamens, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm060521_162
May Macon County NC
Highlands Biological Station
Leaves stipitate-glandular or glabrous, entire or with a few obscure teeth, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm070518_019
May Avery County NC
Grandfather Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm070519_024
May Avery County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Ron Lance rwl_lbuxifolium
May Avery County NC
Grandfather Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm0407m_05
July Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm0407v_22
July Mitchell County NC
The Roan Highlands
Leiophyllum buxifolium var. prostratum?
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Keith Bradley kab_kalmia_buxifolia_8400
November Lexington County SC
Peachtree Rock Heritage Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Kalmia buxifolia
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Leiophyllum buxifolium
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Kalmia buxifolia
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-07-001:
Leiophyllum buxifolium var. buxifolium
FAMILY
Ericaceae
INCLUDING
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Leiophyllum buxifolium var. prostratum
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Leiophyllum hugeri
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Leiophyllum lyonii
802
Shrub
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare elsewhere
Habitat: Locally abundant but very restricted in wet (spodosol) pinelands of the outer Coastal Plain (in Brunswick and Carteret counties, NC), locally common in relatively dry sandhills in a few locations in the Sandhills, disjunct in the Piedmont on a few quartzite monadnocks, fairly common in the mountains on rock outcrops at high to moderate elevations (on a wide variety of rock types), per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate or opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Bisexual
5 sepals
5 petals
10 stamens, about as long as the petals
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p092
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p226
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p109
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p290
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia p191
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p134
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p179
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p099
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p27
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p290
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p188
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p222