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	Loiseleuria procumbens  (L.) DESV.

Fam.: Ericaceae / Heather Fam.

Synon.:  Azalea procumbens  L.,  Kalmia procumbens  (L.) GIFT, KRON & P.F.STEVENS ex GALASSO, BANFI & F.CONTI

Genus:  Loiseleuria  DESV.,  Azalea  GAERTN.,  Kalmia  L.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	DESV.:		Nicaise Auguste Desvaux (1784 - 1856), French physician and botanist
	GIFT:		N. Gift (fl. 2002), botanist in USA
	KRON:		Kathleen Anne Kron (1956 - ), botanist in USA
	P.F.STEVENS:		Peter Francis Stevens (1944 - ), British botanist who works in USA
	GALASSO:		Gabriele Galasso (1967 - ), Italian botanist
	BANFI:		Enrico Augusto Banfi (1948 - ), Italian botanist
	F.CONTI:		Fabio Conti (1961 - ), Italian botanist
	GAERTN.:		Joseph Gaertner (1732 - 1791), German physician and botanist

Etymology:
	Loiseleuria:		Jean Louis Auguste Loiseleur-Deslongschamps (1774 - 1849), French physician and botanist (LOISEL. )
	procumbens:		procumbent
	Azalea:		of dry habitats
	Kalmia:		Pehr Kalm (1716 - 1779), Swedish naturalist (KALM)

Fig. 1:  Loiseleuria procumbens / Trailing Azalea, Mountain Azalea A Malta - Valley 7.6.2008

Fig. 2:  Loiseleuria procumbens / Trailing Azalea, Mountain Azalea A Malta - Valley 7.6.2008

Fig. 3:  Loiseleuria procumbens / Trailing Azalea, Mountain Azalea A Malta - Valley 7.6.2008

Fig. 4:  Loiseleuria procumbens / Trailing Azalea, Mountain Azalea A Malta - Valley 7.6.2008

Fig. 5:  Loiseleuria procumbens / Trailing Azalea, Mountain Azalea A Malta - Valley 7.6.2008

Fig. 6:  Loiseleuria procumbens / Trailing Azalea, Mountain Azalea A Malta - Valley 7.6.2008

Fig. 7:  Loiseleuria procumbens / Trailing Azalea, Mountain Azalea A Malta - Valley 7.6.2008

Fig. 8:  Loiseleuria procumbens / Trailing Azalea, Mountain Azalea (fruiting) A Wölzer Tauern, Hohenwart 29.7.2021

Fig. 9:  Loiseleuria procumbens / Trailing Azalea, Mountain Azalea A Wölzer Tauern, Kleiner Zinken 26.6.2021

Fig. 10:  Loiseleuria procumbens / Trailing Azalea, Mountain Azalea A Wölzer Tauern, Hoher Zinken 26.6.2021

Fig. 11:  Loiseleuria procumbens / Trailing Azalea, Mountain Azalea A Seetaler Alpen, Zirbitzkogel 28.6.2021

Fig. 12:  Loiseleuria procumbens / Trailing Azalea, Mountain Azalea A Carinthia, Koralpe 21.5.2016

Fig. 13:  Loiseleuria procumbens / Trailing Azalea, Mountain Azalea A Carinthia, Koralpe 21.5.2016

Fig. 14:  Loiseleuria procumbens / Trailing Azalea, Mountain Azalea A Carinthia, Koralpe 21.5.2016

Fig. 15:  Loiseleuria procumbens / Trailing Azalea, Mountain Azalea CH Gotthard 12.6.2017

Fig. 16:  Loiseleuria procumbens / Trailing Azalea, Mountain Azalea F Pyrenees, Port d'Envalira 26.6.2008

Fig. 17:  Loiseleuria procumbens / Trailing Azalea, Mountain Azalea F Pyrenees, Port d'Envalira 26.6.2008

Fig. 18:  Loiseleuria procumbens / Trailing Azalea, Mountain Azalea (fruiting) F Pyrenees, Mont Louis 3.8.2018

Fig. 19:  Loiseleuria procumbens / Trailing Azalea, Mountain Azalea (fruiting) F Pyrenees, Mont Louis 3.8.2018

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