Details for: NA 88397, Kalmia latifolia L., MARSB-550


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Kalmia latifolia L.
Top Name:
MARSB-550
Origin:
Collected – New Jersey, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
25 Mar 2021
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Availability
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Seed30 countWLP 3015 2021w01 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Kalmia latifolia L.
Top Name:
MARSB-550
Origin:
Collected – New Jersey, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
25 Mar 2021
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Donated
25 March 2021.
Idaho, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
MARSB-550
Type: Collector identifier
Group: SOS
source lot
, Greenbelt Native Plant Center

W6 58627
Type: Site identifier
Group: W6
Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers

WLP 3015
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum

Narrative
Growth formûthe plant is a shrub (i.e., a woody plant with several stems growing from the base)ûLeaf typeûthe leaf blade is simple (i.e., lobed or unlobed but not separated into leaflets)ûLeaves per nodeûthere is one leaf per node along the stemûLeaf blade edgesûthe edge of the leaf blade has no teeth or lobesûLeaf durationûthe leaves remain green all winterûarmature on plantûthe plant does not have spines, prickles, or thornsûLeaf blade lengthû50–100 mmûLeaf blade widthû15–50 mmûLeaf stalkûthe leaves have leaf stalksûFruit type (general)ûthe fruit is dry and splits open when ripeûBark textureûthe bark of an adult plant is ridged or platedûthe bark of an adult plant peels off easily or hangs offûTwig winter colorûbrownûgreenûredûBud scale numberûthere are two scales on the winter bud, and their edges meet
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.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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)
Annotations
Other Links
Actions
  • ACCNUMBERD: Changed W6 58627 to WLP 3015. 08 Feb 2023.
  • ACCNUMBERD: Changed WLP 3015 to NA 88397. 14 Jan 2025.
Pathogens
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Herbarium specimen
  • 10 Nov 2016. Located at Mid-Atlantic Regional Seed Bank. Inventory sample: W6 58627 2021o. Clara Holmes:From pressed specimen on another date:16 NOV 2016.
  • 10 Nov 2016. Located at Smithsonian (US). Inventory sample: W6 58627 2021o. Clara Holmes:From pressed specimen on another date:16 NOV 2016.
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Pedigree