Back كلمية عريضة الأوراق Arabic كلميه عريضة الاوراق ARZ Kalmia latifolia AST Американски лавър Bulgarian Kalmia latifolia CEB Calmia llydanddail Welsh Bredbladet kalmia Danish Kalmia latifolia German Kalmia latifolia Spanish کالمیا لاتیفولیا Persian
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Kalmia |
| Species: | K. latifolia
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Kalmia latifolia, the mountain laurel,[3] calico-bush,[3] or spoonwood,[3] is a flowering plant and one of the 10 species in the genus of Kalmia belonging to the heath(er) family Ericaceae. It is native to the eastern United States. It range stretches from southern Maine to northern Florida, and west to Indiana and Louisiana. Mountain laurel is the state flower of Connecticut and Pennsylvania. It is the namesake of Laurel County in Kentucky, the city of Laurel, Mississippi, and the Laurel Highlands in southwestern Pennsylvania.[4]
- ^ Stritch, L. (2018). "Kalmia latifolia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T62002834A62002836. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T62002834A62002836.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 - Kalmia latifolia". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ a b c "Kalmia latifolia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
- ^ Stich, Kelly (2021-06-11). "How the mountain laurel became Pennsylvania's state flower". Pennsylvania Wilds. Retrieved 2024-01-31.