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Weakley's
Flora (
4/7/08
):
Ericaceae
Kalmia carolina
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS National Database:
Ericaceae
Kalmia carolina
ORTHOGRAPHIC ERROR
Vascular
Flora of the Carolinas (1968):
Ericaceae
145-08-002
Kalmia angustifolia var. caroliniana
Common Name:
Southern Sheepkill, Carolina Wicky, Sheep-laurel, Carolina Bog Myrtle
Shrub
Perennial
Evergreen
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (rare in Mountains) (rare in GA)
Documented growing
wild in
GA
NC
SC
Look for it in moist to wet pinelands of Coastal Plain, pocosin margins (or seemingly in pocosins or swamps because of fire suppression), mountain bogs & fens (& less commonly in rocky areas at high elevations) in Mountains, per Weakley's Flora
To see a detailed
map, click
here.
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...Wet
...Moist
...Variable
Leaves:
Simple
Whorls of 3
Flower:
Spring/Summer
Reddish-pink/Rarely white
Bisexual
5 sepals
5-lobed corolla
10 stamens
Superior ovary
Fruit:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
To learn more about
this plant, look it up in a good book!
A Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p307
Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p110
Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p292?
Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p135
Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p180
Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p116
Wildflowers of Tennessee p098
Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p27?
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Patrick D. McMillan
pdmkcarolina_junkyard4
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April
Clarendon County
SC
Acknowledgments
to
Dixie Damrel, curator of Clemson University's Herbarium, for taxonomic review
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JK Marlow
jkm0505l_16
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May
Haywood County
NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Acknowledgments
to
Dixie Damrel, curator of Clemson University's Herbarium, for taxonomic review
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JK Marlow
jkm060521_118
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May
Macon County
NC
Highlands Biological Station
Acknowledgments
to
Dixie Damrel, curator of Clemson University's Herbarium, for taxonomic review
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JK Marlow
jkm0411a_16
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November
Haywood County
NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Acknowledgments
to
Dixie Damrel, curator of Clemson University's Herbarium, for taxonomic review
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JK Marlow
jkm0411a_17
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November
Haywood County
NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Acknowledgments
to
Dixie Damrel, curator of Clemson University's Herbarium, for taxonomic review
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JK Marlow
jkm0411c_30
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November
Haywood County
NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Acknowledgments
to
Dixie Damrel, curator of Clemson University's Herbarium, for taxonomic review
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