Ericaceae
Bog laurel
Kalmia polifolia
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Kalmia
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Kalmia polifoliaEricaceae
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Bog laurel
- Finnish
- Varpukalmia
- Welsh
- Calmia‘r gors
Synonyms
- Chamaedaphne glauca (Aiton) Kuntze
- Kalmia glauca Aiton
- Kalmia oleifolia Dum.Cours
- Kalmia polifolia f. polifolia
- Kalmia polifolia subsp. polifolia
- Kalmia polifolia var. polifolia
- Kalmia rosmarinifolia Dum.Cours
Flowers
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.