Details for: NA 88391, Kalmia angustifolia L., MARSB-534

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Kalmia angustifolia L.

Top Name:

MARSB-534

Origin:

Collected – New Jersey, United States

Maintained:

National Arboretum

Received by NPGS:

25 Mar 2021

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	30 count		WLP 3009 2021w01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Kalmia angustifolia L.

Top Name:

MARSB-534

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):

Greenbelt Native Plant Center

Accession Names and Identifiers

MARSB-534

Type: Collector identifier

Group: SOS

source lot

, Greenbelt Native Plant Center

W6 58619

Type: Site identifier

Group: W6

Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers

WLP 3009

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 are three leaves per node along the stemûthere are two leaves 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 lengthû30Ã¢âú¬â€œ50 mmûLeaf blade widthû7Ã¢âú¬â€œ25 mmûLeaf stalkûthe leaves have leaf stalksûFruit type (general)ûthe fruit is dry and splits open when ripeûBark textureûthe bark of an adult plant is thin and smoothûTwig winter colorûbrownûBud scale numberûthere are two scales on the winter bud, and their edges meet

Kalmia angustifolia L.

Genus:

Kalmia

Family:

Ericaceae

Subfamily:

Ericoideae

Tribe:

Phyllodoceae

Nomen number:

21111

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:391. 1753

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

05/15/1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Kalmia angustifolia L. var. angustifolia (0 active accession[s])
Kalmia angustifolia L. var. carolina (Small) Fernald (1 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Kalmia intermedia Lange

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	dwarf-laurel		1	Ebinger, J. E. 1974. A systematic study of the genus Kalmia (Ericaceae). Rhodora 76:369. Note: = Kalmia angustifolia var. angustifolia
English	lambkill		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	pig-laurel		1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English	sheepkill		1	Ebinger, J. E. 1974. A systematic study of the genus Kalmia (Ericaceae). Rhodora 76:369. Note: = Kalmia angustifolia var. angustifolia
English	sheep-laurel		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	wicky		1	Luteyn, J. L. et al. 1996. Ericaceae of the southeastern United States. Castanea 61:114.
English (Canada)	sheep-laurel	Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 191.
French (Canada)	kalmia à feuilles étroites	Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 191.
Swedish	smalbladig kalmia		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

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