swamp laurel
Kalmia polifolia
Summary 2
Kalmia polifolia, previously known as Kalmia glauca and commonly called bog laurel, swamp laurel, or pale laurel, is a perennial evergreen shrub of cold acidic bogs, in the family Ericaceae. It is native to north-eastern North America, from Newfoundland to Hudson Bay southwards.
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- iNat taxon page
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- Calflora
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- eFloras.org
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- Jepson eFlora
- OregonFlora.org
- SEINet Symbiota portals
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