Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Ericaceae

Kalmia - [maps | photos]

• Kalmia angustifolia L. (TN Endangered -Possibly Extirpated)
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: Carolina laurel, lambkill
  Synonyms:
  

         • Kalmia angustifolia L. var. caroliniana (Small) Fern.

         • Kalmia carolina Small

• Kalmia buxifolia (P.J. Bergius) Gift & Kron
  NWI TN: No Wetland Indicator
  Common Name: sand myrtle
  Synonyms:
  

         • Leiophyllum buxifolium (P.J. Bergius) Elliott

• Kalmia latifolia L.
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: mountain laurel

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

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