Loiseleuria procumbens

Woody, diffusely branched, depressed or decumbent, forming bushy clusters rarely over 1 dm; petioles 1-2 mm; lvs opposite, leathery, evergreen, narrowly elliptic, 5-8 mm, tomentose beneath between the broad midvein and the strongly revolute margins; fls short-pediceled from the axils of crowded upper lvs, forming a small umbelliform cluster; cor pink or white, 3-4 mm; fr rounded-ovoid, 4 mm; 2n=24. Circumboreal, s. to the higher mt. summits of Me., N.H., and N.Y. June-Aug. (Chamaecistus p.)

Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

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