Taxon: Kalmia polifolia Wangenh.

Common names:

• bog-laurel   (Source: Rhodora 76:344. 1974) – English
  
• swamp-laurel   (Source: Rhodora 76:344. 1974) – English
  
• tuvkalmia   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Eur Gard F)
  

More:

View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Subarctic America: Canada - Northwest Territory [s.w.]
  Eastern Canada: Canada - New Brunswick, Newfoundland [incl. Labrador], Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec
  Western Canada: Canada - Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Minnesota, Wisconsin

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Ebinger, J. E. 1974. A systematic study of the genus Kalmia (Ericaceae). Rhodora 76:343.
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Munro, D. B. Canadian poisonous plants information system (on-line resource).
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Kalmia polifolia.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Kalmia polifolia.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Kalmia polifolia.

Synonyms:

• (=) Kalmia glauca Aiton
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other web resources for Kalmia polifolia Wangenh.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Kalmia polifolia cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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