Kalmia latifolia
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"Calico bush" redirects here. For the Rachel Field novel, see Calico Bush (novel).
Kalmia latifolia, the mountain laurel,[3] calico-bush,[3] or spoonwood,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae, that is native to the eastern United States. Its range stretches from southern Maine south to northern Florida, and west to Indiana and Louisiana. Mountain laurel is the state flower of Connecticut and Pennsylvania. It is the namesake of Laurel County in Kentucky, the city of Laurel, Mississippi, and the Laurel Highlands in southwestern Pennsylvania.[4]
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Kalmia latifolia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Ericaceae |
Genus: | Kalmia |
Species: | K. latifolia |
Binomial name | |
Kalmia latifolia | |
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