Author- (Small) Fernald (1937)
Habit- upright, many-branched
Flower- Colour: reddish purple to pink
- Size: 0.5 in
Foliage- Shape: in whorls of three, somewhat leathery, evergreen, flat, mostly oblong
- Colour: bright green
- Size: 1 in to 2.5 in
Fruit- depressed globose capsule with numerous small yellowish seeds
Habitat- open woods, bogs, swamps, savannas
Natural Range- South Carolina, southern Virginia, eastern Tennessee, northeastern Georgia
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
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