"Bog laurel" redirects here. The term may also refer to Kalmia microphylla.
Kalmia polifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Asterids
Order:
Ericales
Family:
Ericaceae
Genus:
Kalmia
Species:
K. polifolia
Binomial name
Kalmia polifolia
Wangenh.
Synonyms[1] Chamaedaphne glauca[citation needed]
Kalmia glauca
Kalmia polifolia, previously known as Kalmia glauca[1] and commonly called bog laurel, swamp laurel,[2] or pale laurel, is a perennial[3] evergreen shrub of cold acidic bogs, in the family Ericaceae. It is native to north-eastern North America, from Newfoundland to Hudson Bay southwards.
^ ab"Kalmia polifolia Swamp Laurel, Bog laurel PFAF Plant Database".
^"Kalmia polifolia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
^"Plants Profile for Kalmia polifolia (bog laurel)".
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laurels (including Kalmia microphylla and Kalmiapolifolia). Adults feed on flowers, and are particularly fond of Andromeda polifolia. "Species Coranarta...
spruce (Picea mariana) and balsam fir (Abies balsamea), dwarf kalmia (Kalmiapolifolia), and various mosses. Various mixed evergreen and deciduous shrubs...
small cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos), bog-laurel (Kalmiapolifolia), and sheep-laurel (Kalmia angustifolia). At least nine species of orchids (family...
threatened in the US state of Connecticut. Larvae feed on Vaccinium and Kalmiapolifolia. Savela, Markku. "Apharetra dentata (Grote, 1875)". Lepidoptera and...
plant that thrives in lime-rich soils is known as a calcicole. Andromeda polifolia Calluna (common heather) Cassiope lycopodioides Daboecia Enkianthus campanulatus...
ericaceous shrubs Labrador tea (Rhododendron groenlandicum), bog laurel (Kalmiapolifolia), and leatherleaf (Chamaedaphne calyculata). Other common plant species...
Ericaceae, specifically members of the genera Agarista, Craibiodendron, Kalmia, Leucothoe, Lyonia, Pieris and Rhododendron. The genus Rhododendron alone...
synonymy include Bruckenthalia with Erica, Leiophyllum and Loiseleuria with Kalmia, and Diplarche and Menziesia with Rhododendron. As unnecessary renamings...
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