Kalmiopsis leachiana (L.F. Hend.) Rehder
Annotated by Linda Jennings, Daniel Mosquin, Brent Hine, Wendy DesCamp, Randall Hitchin, 2008.

Oregon: [locality and coordinates withheld; status in Oregon: S3 (Rare; OBIC)],
On former site of mixed conifer and broadleaf forest; forest cover killed by 2002 Biscuit Fire with shrub layer regenerating; associated species include Holodiscus discolor, Frangula californica ssp. californica, Vaccinium ovatum, Umbellularia californica, Cornus nuttallii, Quercus sp., Arctostaphylos aff. canescens, Lithocarpus densiflorus, Xerophyllum tenax, Polystichum imbricans, Arnica cernua, Trientalis latifolia, Lonicera hispidula, Erythronium sp., Whipplea modesta, Prosartes hookeri and Maianthemum racemosum; growing in soils derived from igneous parent material (gabbro); on a 75% slope with north-northwest aspect. Local population of ~500 plants; evergreen shrub 0.3m tall on average, leaves light green with red tinge, flowers deep pink to violet, 70% in bloom, 15% in bud and 15% past bloom, with pink stigmas; Oregon narrow endemic.

Linda Jennings | Daniel Mosquin | Brent Hine | Wendy DesCamp | Randall Hitchin 51, 2008 May 08
UBC, Accession: V241478