Kalmia latifolia L.

ERICACEAE

- Heath family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Kalmia latifolia L.

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

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Common names

U.S. name: Mountain laurel

English name: calico-bush

English name: mountain-laurel

Grown habit: Tree, Shrub
Duration: Perennial

Synonyms:
= Kalmia latifolia L. var. laevipes Fernald

Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Kalmia latifolia L. var. laevipes Fernald

TAXONOMY

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

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Kalmia latifolia
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Merano, giardino di Castel Trauttmansdorff. , BZ, Trentino Alto - Adige, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

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

Kalmia latifolia
E.S. Shipp - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image

Kalmia latifolia
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Verbania Pallanza, Giardini Botanici di Villa Taranto, VB, Piemonte, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Kalmia latifolia
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Kalmia latifolia
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: 684.

Kalmia latifolia
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Kalmia latifolia
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Kalmia latifolia
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Kalmia latifolia
W.D. Brush - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image

Kalmia latifolia
Daniel O. Todd - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image

Kalmia latifolia
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Kalmia latifolia
Daniel O. Todd - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image

Kalmia latifolia
E.S. Shipp - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image

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- The New Plantfinder - Images and local names of vascular plants - Project Dryades / KeyToNature, coordinated by the Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
- Lichens - Interactive identification keys to the lichens
- Acta Plantarum - Forum and Image Gallery (Plants, Animals, Mushrooms)

Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WV)

Distributional map for Kalmia latifolia L.
Map for Kalmia latifolia 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 latifolia L. var. laevipes Fernald [151]
2) Kalmia microphylla (Hook.) A. Heller [344]
3) Kalmia microphylla (Hook.) A. Heller var. occidentalis (Small) Ebinger [92]
4) Kalmia polifolia Wangenh. [601]
5) Kalmia polifolia Wangenh. ssp. occidentalis (Small) Abrams [134]
6) Kalmia polifolia Wangenh. var. rosmarinifolia (Pursh) Rehder [145]
7) Karatas plumieri E. Morren [153]
8) Keckiella rothrockii (A. Gray) Straw var. jacintensis (Abrams) N.H. Holmgren [138]
9) Kerria japonica (L.) DC. [739]
10) Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth. [2196]

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