Kalmia microphylla

Kalmia microphylla is a flowering shrub in the heath family Ericaceae, its species name meaning small-leaved in Ancient Greek and its genus honoring the Swedish-Finn botanist Pehr Kalm, a student of Carl Linnaeus. It is a compact shrub typically no more than about 24 inches tall, rarely reaching 6 feet, with evergreen, leathery, lance-shaped leaves whose edges roll under, fuzzy young branches that mature to smooth reddish-brown or gray, and small pink or purple bell-shaped flowers with five fused petals in a cup formation, followed by small, hard, five-part seed capsules. Native to North America, it ranges from Alaska to California and through northern Canada, growing in alpine meadows and boggy, wet, low-alkalinity soils intolerant of calcium-rich ground. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/