Details for: NA 70396, Kalmia latifolia L., MWPCC 00-008


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Kalmia latifolia L.
Top Name:
MWPCC 00-008
Origin:
Collected – Virginia, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
Oct 2000
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:
MWPCC 00-008
Origin:
Collected – Virginia, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
Oct 2000
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Shrub
Life Habit:
Shrub
Source History
Collected
12 September 2000.
Virginia, United States
Locality: Potts Mountain in Jefferson National forest. Craig County
Coordinates: 37.5250, -80.2656 (Map it)
Elevation: 1048m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/lon determined by GPS
Environment description: Many plants along the edge of an unpaved national forest road, plants growing from back under the overstory plants to the immediate edge of the road. Soil: sandy, thin organic layer. Slope, 30 degrees, aspect, south facing fairly shady.
Number of plants sampled: 10
Comment: Assoc. plants: Hamamelis virginiana, Menziesia pilosa, Smilax, Baptisia tinctoria, Rhododendron, Oxydendron, Sassafras, Quercus rubra, Pinus, Galax, Gaultheria procumbens.
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Accession Names and Identifiers
MWPCC 00-008
Type: Collector identifier

NA 70396
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum

Narrative
Seed was collected from plants that were apparantly mowed off, only 1-2'tall, plants across the road and just into the edge of the woods were up to 10 feet tall.
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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Herbarium specimen
  • Sep 2000. Located at Morris Arb., Chicago Botanic Garden, Morton Arb., Holden Arb.. Inventory sample: NA 70396.
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