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Kalmia hirsuta
Kalmia hirsuta Walter
Hairy Mountainlaurel, Hairy Laurel
Ericaceae (Heath Family)
Synonym(s): Chamaedaphne hirsuta, Kalmiella hirsuta
USDA Symbol: KAHI2
USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
Plant Characteristics
Duration: PerennialHabit: Shrub
Fruit Type: Capsule
Size Notes: To about 4 feet in height.
Bloom Information
Bloom Color: Red , PinkBloom Time: May , Jun , Jul
Distribution
USA: AL , FL , GA , SCNational Wetland Indicator Status
Region: | AGCP | AK | AW | CB | EMP | GP | HI | MW | NCNE | WMVE |
Status: | FACW |
Web Reference
Webref 38 - Flora of North America (2019) Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.Webref 23 - Southwest Environmental Information Network (2009) SEINet - Arizona Chapter
Research Literature
Reslit 1201 - Effects of reintroduction of fire into fire suppressed coastal scrub and longleaf pine communities along the lower gulf coastal plain (2007) A. D. Ruth, D. L. Miller, S. Lose and A. LongReslit 2695 - Breaking seed dormancy of Kalmia hirsuta with high temperatures (1968) R. A. Jaynes
Reslit 2696 - Interspecific crosses in Kalmia (1968) R. A. Jaynes
Reslit 2697 - Seed germination of six Kalmia species (1971) R. A. Jaynes
Reslit 2698 - A taxonomic revision of Kalmia (Ericaceae) (1974) R. M. Southall, J. W. Hardin
Reslit 2699 - Germination of Kalmia seed after storage of up to 20 years (1982) R. A. Jaynes
This information was provided by the Florida WIldflower Foundation.
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Additional resources
USDA: Find Kalmia hirsuta in USDA PlantsFNA: Find Kalmia hirsuta in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Kalmia hirsuta
Metadata
Record Modified: 2023-04-03Research By: Joseph A. Marcus