Kalmia

Contains 2 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Kalmia L.
ERICACEAE
LAUREL
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Classification
ERICALES
Kalmia
Citation
KALMIA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 391. 1753.
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TYPE: Kalmia latifolia Linnaeus Lectotypified by Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 2: 683. 1913.
Distribution Map Present

This species have been reported in the counties highlighted.

Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Kalmia hirsuta WICKY; HAIRY LAUREL Native FACW (NWPL)
Kalmia latifolia MOUNTAIN LAUREL Native Threatened-State FACU (NWPL) FACW (DEP)
Identification Key
1.  Plants to 1.2 m tall; leaf blade surfaces usually hairy, 0.5-1.4 cm long; inflorescences solitary flowers or sometimes fascicles or racemes scattered along stem in leaf axils
K. hirsuta
1.  Plants to 8(12) m tall; leaf blade surfaces glabrous to glabrescent (midrib often puberulent), 4-12 cm long; inflorescences terminal panicles
K. latifolia
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Chamaedaphne Chamaedaphne Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 388. 1891, non Mitchell 1769 (nom. rej.), nec Moench 1794 (nom. cons.). TYPE: = Kalmia Linnaeus 1753.
Kalmiella Kalmiella Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 886, 1336. 1903. TYPE: Kalmiella hirsuta (Walter) Small (Kalmia hirsuta Walter)