212 PINK TO MAGENTA 



MOUNTAIN or AMERICAN LAUREL: Calico 

 Bush: Spoonwood: Calmoun: Broad-leaved 

 Kalmia. Kdlmia latifdlia. 



Heath Family. May — July. 



Found in rocky woods. Canada and Maine 

 mountains to Gulf of Mexico, west to Ohio 

 and Tennessee. Usually a shrub 3-6 feet 

 high, but in its southern range, often tree- 

 like. 

 Flowers — White or pink, bowl-shaped, 5-pointed; 

 10 filaments spring from the center, 

 their tips lodged in little pockets; flow- 

 ers borne in clusters terminating the 

 branches. 

 Leaves — Long, evergreen, tapering at both 

 ends. 



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