Details for: NA 81420, Kalmia latifolia L., NA 81420


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Kalmia latifolia L.
Top Name:
NA 81420
Origin:
Collected – Florida, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
25 Mar 2013
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Kalmia latifolia L.
Top Name:
NA 81420
Origin:
Collected – Florida, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
25 Mar 2013
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
PRE 25 March 2013.
Florida, United States
Locality: Florida: Santa Rosa County; Blackwater State Forest, off Indian Ford Road.
Coordinates: 30.7264, -86.8990 (Map it)
Environment description: Growing on a pure-sand raised bank/natural levee along a brownwater stream.
Comment: Seed taken from the southernmost colony in Santa Rosa County, FL. Growing [in]...a rather atypical site that shows the extraordinary heat and drought tolerance of these plants. Some horticulturalists have found these plants resistant to fungal diseases prevalent in the currently available (northern & mountain) cultivars. Most Kalmia are miffy. These are not. Quite early blooming (March);
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Accession Names and Identifiers
NA 81420
Type: Site identifier

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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