Flowers of Kalmia
photo: Dr. Karl-Heinz Hübbers
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| Introduction |
| Kalmia are mainly evergreen shrubs that are native to the North American continent. Kalmia angustifolia is also known in some places in the wild in Europe. |
| The genus includes 7 species according to the latest botanical classification. It belongs to the scientific family Ericaceae. |
| Kalmia is named by Carl von Linné after the Finnish-Swedish botanist Pehr Kalm, who collected it in eastern North America. |
| Goal of the European Kalmia Society is to make the genus Kalmia more popular, support hybridizing, production and spreading of Kalmia species and cultivars. |
