Family:
Ericaceae Durande
Genus:
Kalmia L.

Kalmia angustifolia L.

This species is accepted, and its native range is E. Canada to E. U.S.A.

Native to:

Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Labrador, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia

Introduced into:

Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, Japan

Kalmia angustifolia L. appears in other Kew resources:

First published in Sp. Pl.: 391 (1753)

Accepted by

  • Bailey, C. & al. (2015). Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee: 1-813. University of Tennessee press.
  • Berry, M. (2019). Adventures and aliens news 17 BSBI News 141: 41-47.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2009). Flora of North America North of Mexico 8: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
  • Lambion, J., Delvosalle, L. & Duvigneaud, J. (2004). Nouvelle flore de la Belgique du G. D. de Luxembourg, du Nord de la France et des régions voisines, ed. 5: 1-1167. Edition du Patrimoine du Jardin botanique national de Belgique.
  • Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://www.newfoundland-labradorflora.com/checklist/.
  • Sorrie, B.A. & LeBlond, R.J. (2008). Noteworthy collections from the southeastern United States Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 2: 1353-1361.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1972). Flora Europaea 3: 1-370. Cambridge University Press.
  • Ueno, K. & al. (2021). Four species of Ericaceae, newly naturalised in Nagano Prefecture, Japan The Journal of Japanese Botany 96: 57-61.
  • Vanderhorst, J.P. & al. (2019). Noteworthy collections: West Virginia Castanea 84: 12-23.

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2009). Flora of North America North of Mexico 8: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
  • Lambion, J., Delvosalle, L. & Duvigneaud, J. (2004). Nouvelle flore de la Belgique du G. D. de Luxembourg, du Nord de la France et des régions voisines, ed. 5: 1-1167. Edition du Patrimoine du Jardin botanique national de Belgique.
  • Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://www.newfoundland-labradorflora.com/checklist/.
  • Sorrie, B.A. & LeBlond, R.J. (2008). Noteworthy collections from the southeastern United States Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 2: 1353-1361.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1972). Flora Europaea 3: 1-370. Cambridge University Press.
  • Ueno, K. & al. (2021). Four species of Ericaceae, newly naturalised in Nagano Prefecture, Japan The Journal of Japanese Botany 96: 57-61.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

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