Bog-laurel

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Read about Bog-laurel in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Kalmia polifolia, Wang. (K. glauca, Ait.). Low, straggling shrub, to 2 ft.: lvs. almost sessile, oval to linear-oblong, obtuse, revolute at the margins, 1/2-1 ½in.- long: fls. in simple terminal umbels, slender-pedicelled, ½-3/4in. across, rose-colored or purplish. May, June. Newfoundland to Pa. and in the rocky mts. from Sitka to Calif. B.M. 177. L.B.C. 16:1508. Em. 441. var. microphylla, Rehd. (K. microphylla, Heller), is the alpine form of the rocky mts., growing only a few inches high, and with very small lvs., 1/2in. or less long. var. rosmarinifolia, Rehd. (K. glauca var. rosma- rinifolia, Pursh), has narrow, linear-oblong, strongly revolute lvs.


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Bog-laurel
Bog laurel (Kalmia polifolia)
Bog laurel (Kalmia polifolia)
Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Kalmia
Species: K. polifolia

Binomial name
Kalmia polifolia
Wangenh.

Bog-laurel (Kalmia polifolia) is an evergreen shrub of cold acidic bogs, in the family Ericaceae. It is native to north-eastern North America, from Newfoundland to Hudson Bay southwards.

Features

Its leaves are arranged oppositely on the branch. They are waxy with an entire, revolute margin. The base of the petiole is pressed against the stem. Below each leaf base there are ridges, where it appears as though a part of the leaf is curled around the circumference of the stem. This is especially noticeable lower on the plant.

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