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| Kalmia latifolia | | Mountain Laurel, Broad-Leaved Laurel, Calico-Bush, Spoonwood, Ivy, Mountain Ivy, Big-Leaved Ivy, Laurel-Leaves, Calmoun | 
photo: Dipl.-Ing. Odo Tschetsch
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Synonym: K. latifolia var. latifolia Flower- Colour: light pink, with purple spots
- Size: 1 in
Foliage- Shape: evergreen, alternate, flat, leathery, elliptic
- Colour: dark green
- Size: 2 in to 5 in
Fruit- depressed globose capsule with numerous light brown seeds
Habitat- rocky and sandy forests, hardy
Natural Range- from southwest Maine, New York, Ohio, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia to northwest Florida
Park- Botanischer Garten und Rhododendronpark Bremen
- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
- Privat Garden Latchmin und Dr. Karl-Heinz Hübbers
- Park der Gärten
Literature- Jaynes, Richard A., 1997: Kalmia, mountain laurel and related species, Timber Press, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.
- Krüssmann, Gerd., 1977: Handbuch der Laubgehölze, Band II, S. 201 ff, Paul Parey Verlag, Berlin und Hamburg
- Westhoff, Julia, 2006: Kalmia: besser als ihr Ruf, in: Gartenpraxis 11/2006, S. 26 ff, Verlag Eugen Ulmer Stuttgart
Awards- 1993: AGM (Award of Garden Merit) by the RHS (Royal Horticultural Society)
Comments- it is the state flower of Connecticut and Pennsylvania
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