North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

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Ericaceae > Kalmia
	Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia) Montgomery Co., NC 17 May 2013 Abundant in the NC mountains and common to occasional and local in the rest of North Carolina.
	Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia) Orange Co., NC 20 Apr 2006 Stamens are spring loaded, "attacking" pollinating bees when they land to ensure pollen transfer to their apian vectors.
	Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia) Orange Co., NC 20 Apr 2006

Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia) Duke Forest Korstian Division, Orange Co., NC 15 Mar 2014 With some old fruits.

	Sheep Laurel (Kalmia carolina) Pender Co., NC 23 Apr 2006 Also known as Lambkill or Sheepkill, consumption of this plant can be toxic. Various concoctions have been used throughout history to treat colds, but this is not recommended! Formerly considered to be conspecific with Northern Sheepkill (Kalmia angustifolia).
	Sheep Laurel (Kalmia carolina) Pender Co., NC 13 Sep 2009
	Sheep Laurel (Kalmia carolina) Pender Co., NC 13 Sep 2009
	Sheep Laurel, Sheepkill (Kalmia carolina) Pender Co., NC 23 Apr 2006
	Sheep Laurel, Sheepkill (Kalmia carolina) Bladen Co., NC 25 Mar 2007 Capsules ripen in the fall and are often retained on the plant for several months.
	Sheep Laurel (Kalmia carolina) Pender Co., NC 13 Sep 2009 Stem & bark detail.

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.