Details for: NA 62253, Kalmia latifolia L., NG 90


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Kalmia latifolia L.
Top Name:
NG 90
Origin:
Collected – Maryland, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
09 Nov 1990
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Shrub
Life Habit:
Shrub
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Kalmia latifolia L.
Top Name:
NG 90
Origin:
Collected – Maryland, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
09 Nov 1990
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Shrub
Life Habit:
Shrub
Source History
Collected
PRE 09 November 1990.
Maryland, United States
Locality: Route 224, Southern MD; 0.25 mile stretch both sides of road below intersection of Liverpool Point Road
Coordinates: 38.4555, -77.2500 (Map it)
Environment description: Dry oak-holly woodland.
Comment: Wild collected as seed from shrubs 3-8' tall. Lvs. dark green, bark and frt. typical. Large thicket extending over whole area, few sds, isolated bushes with many, most with none. Could be selecting for late flowering.
Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
NG 90
Type: Collector identifier

NA 62253
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum

Narrative
Kalmia latifolia L.
Genus:
Kalmia
Family:
Ericaceae
Subfamily:
Ericoideae
Tribe:
Phyllodoceae
Nomen number:

21115
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:391. 1753
Verified:
05/15/1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
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Autonym(s)
Kalmia latifolia L. f. latifolia
Kalmia latifolia L. var. latifolia

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Kalmia latifolia L. f. myrtifolia (Bosse) K. Koch
Kalmia latifolia L. var. myrtifolia Bosse

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishcalico-bush  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Englishmountain-laurel  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishspoonwood  1Luteyn, J. L. et al. 1996. Ericaceae of the southeastern United States. Castanea 61:114.
Swedishbredbladig kalmia  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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