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Kalmia carolina

Carolina Laurel, Southern Sheepkill, Carolina Wicky, Carolina Bog Myrtle

Native/Alien:

Native

Type:

Shrub

Bloom Color(s):

pink

Size:

6 ft

Bloom Time:

April to May, sporadic to September

Bloom Area:

Coast, Mountains

Flowers

This species has been recently split from K. angustifolia, which reaches its southern limit in northeast NC. Carolina Laurel has a disjunct distribution, rare in the NC mountains and common in the se NC coastal plain.

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Paynter, Halyburton Park, Wilmington, April 14, 2011

A Carolina Laurel patch.

Stoloniferous in moist to wet pinelands of the Coastal Plain, pocosin margins, and mountain bogs and fens. Leaves in whorls of three or rarely opposite.

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Halyburton Park, Wilmington

Developing fruit.

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Links:

 USDA PLANTS Database Record

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