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Kalmia latifolia - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Wendell State Forest, MA, USA; 11/2005 © Sonja Germer

Kalmia latifolia - Leave and bud - Click to enlarge!

Leave and bud; Wendell State Forest, MA, USA; 11/2005 © Sonja Germer

Kalmia latifolia - Inflorescence after bloom - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence after bloom; Wendell State Forest, MA, USA; 11/2005 © Sonja Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 234
Date of entry: 28.12.2005
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Mountain Laurel

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Ericales (57)

        Family: Ericaceae (28)(family description)

          Genus: Kalmia (2)

            Epithet: latifolia L. (9)

latifolia => with broad leaves

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub, tree

Flower colour: pink, white

External links

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World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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