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Ericaceae

Trailing azalea

Kalmia procumbens (L.) Gift, Kron & P.F.Stevens ex Galasso, Banfi & F.Conti

Family
Ericaceae
Genus
Kalmia

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Trailing azalea: Loiseleuria procumbens photograped in Upernavik, Greenland.
Photo: Kim Hansen, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (23)
Arabic
أزالية
Chinese
蔓山鵑
Croatian
Odur
Czech
Skalenka poléhavá, Skalenka
Danish
Kryblyng
English
Trailing azalea, Alpine azalea, Alpine-azalea
Finnish
Sielikkö
French
Azalée couchée, Azalée des Alpes, Azalée naine, Azalée rampante, Loiseleuria, Loiseleurie couchée
German
Gämsheide, Alpenazalee, Alpenheide, Gemsheide, Loiseleuria
Hungarian
Törpehanga
Icelandic
Sauðamergur
Japanese
ミネズオウ, ミネズオウ属
Norwegian Bokmål
Greplyng
Norwegian Nynorsk
Greplyng
Polish
Naskałka pełzająca
Russian
Кальмия лежачая, Луазелеурия лежачая
se
Duolbadaŋas, Deaškedaŋas, Deažžadaŋas, Duolbarássi, Steažžadaŋas
sma
Bahkenhïngse
smn
Tuolbâtooŋâs
sms
Tuõlbbtõõŋâs
Swedish
Krypljung, Krypljungssläktet, Loiseleuria
Ukrainian
Наскельниця лежача
Welsh
Eilgorosyn

Synonyms

  • Azalea procumbens L.
  • Chamaecistus procumbens (L.) Kuntze
  • Chamaecistus serpyllifolius Gray
  • Chamaeledon procumbens (L.) Link
  • Loiseleuria procumbens (L.) Loisel.
  • Loiseleuria procumbens (L.) Desv.
  • Rhododendron procumbens (L.) E.H.L.Krause

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.