Base de datos de plantas del FNPS

Kalmia latifolia

mountain laurel
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

mountain laurel

Sinónimo(s):

Especie del género:

Kalmia latifolia

Familia:

Ericaceae

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

shrub

Tamaño:

7-10 (15) ft tall by 5-8 ft wide

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

white,pink

Color de la fruta:

brown

Fenología:

Evergreen. Blooms in spring.

Destacado por:

Showy Flowers, Interesting Foliage

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

Specimen plant or natural background screen.

Consideraciones:

Disponibilidad:

Quality Nurseries, Native Nurseries, FNPS Plant Sales, Seed

Propagación:

Luz:

Part Sun, Shade

Tolerancia a la humedad:

Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco

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Usually moist, occasional inundation -a- Not wet but not extremely dry

Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:

Unknown

Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Suelo u otro sustrato:

Sand, Loam

pH del suelo:

Acidic

Apto para cultivo en:

8A,8B,9A

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Distribution
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Map coded by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes (Paynes Prairie Chapter)

Ecología

Fauna:

Pollinators, Mammals

Pollinated by bees.  Stamens will suddenly "snap" out of pockets in the petals and hit the insect with its load of pollen.

Cover for birds and mammals. Deer browse the foliage. 

Hábitats nativos:

Moist sites. Acid soils. Upland hardwood forest, slope forest , banks of seep streams, bluffs.

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

Comentarios generales:

FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

Haehle, Robert G. and Joan Brookwell. (1999). Native Florida Plants. Gulf Publishing Company. Houston, TX.


University of Tennessee Extension Service. (2010). Desired pH Range and salt tolerance of common nursery plants. ( https://plantsciences.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2021/10/Desired-pH-Range-List.pdf ). Accessed 2026. University of Tennessee Extension, Knoxville.


Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. (1999+). Atlas of Florida Plants. ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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