Kalmia angustifolia L.

ERICACEAE

- Heath family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Kalmia angustifolia L.

Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl. 1: 391. 1753 [1 May 1753]
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Sheep laurel

English name: dwarf-laurel

English name: lambkill

Grown habit: Shrub
Duration: Perennial

Synonyms:

Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Kalmia angustifolia L. var. carolina (Small) Fernald

TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Dilleniidae
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Kalmia
Species:

Page counter: 583 ( AVG: 221.61 / 290.431 )

Gallery:

Kalmia angustifolia
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Stresa, Giardino dell'Isola Bella, VB, Piemonte, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Kalmia angustifolia
Robert H. Mohlenbrock USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. Northeast National Technical Center, Chester. - Not copyrighted image

Kalmia angustifolia
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA NRCS. Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. - Not copyrighted image

Kalmia angustifolia
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Stresa, Giardino Botanico dell'Isola Madre, VB, Piemonte, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Kalmia angustifolia
Carole Ritchie - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image

Kalmia angustifolia
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 683.

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (CT, DC, DE, MA, MD, ME, MI, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VA, VT, WV), CAN (LB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC), FRA (SPM)

Distributional map for Kalmia angustifolia L.
Map for Kalmia angustifolia L.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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More species:
1) Kalmia angustifolia L. var. carolina (Small) Fernald [139]
2) Kalmia carolina Small [303]
3) Kalmia cuneata Michx. [308]
4) Kalmia latifolia L. [891]
5) Kalmia microphylla (Hook.) A. Heller [343]
6) Kalmia polifolia Wangenh. [600]
7) Kalmia polifolia Wangenh. var. microphylla (Hook.) Rehder [138]
8) Karatas plumieri E. Morren [152]
9) Keckiella rothrockii (A. Gray) Straw var. rothrockii [93]
10) Khaya nyasica Stapf ex Baker f. [143]

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