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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. Its range stretches from southern Maine to northern Florida, and west to Indiana and Louisiana.
Mountain laurel blooms showing the conjoined petals The leaves are 2–12 cm long and simple lanceolate. The flowers are white, pink or purple, in corymbs of 10–50, reminiscent of Rhododendron flowers but flatter, with a star-like calyx of five conjoined petals ; each flower is 1–3 cm diameter.
Epigaea repens, the mayflower, trailing arbutus, or ground laurel, [1] is a low, spreading shrub in the family Ericaceae. It is found from Newfoundland to Florida , west to Kentucky and the Northwest Territories .
Flowers (June to July), edible raw, as a salad green, or pickled, or to make tea, or alcoholic beverages . Berries (August to October), edible when ripe (turning upside down) and cooked; raw berries are mildly poisonous [29] Whitebeam: Sorbus aria: Central and southern Europe: Berries, edible raw once overripe [30] Rowan, Mountain-ash: Sorbus ...
The native flora of the United States has provided the world with a large number of horticultural and agricultural plants, mostly ornamentals, such as flowering dogwood, redbud, mountain laurel, bald cypress, southern magnolia, and black locust, all now cultivated in temperate regions worldwide, but also various food plants such as blueberries ...
English Laurel, Prunus laurocerasus; Grecian or bay laurel, Laurus nobilis; Great laurel, Rhododendron maximum; Hedge laurel, Pittosporum erioloma; Indian laurel (disambiguation) Japanese laurel, Aucuba japonica; Laurel clock vine, Thunbergia laurifolia; Laurel sumac, Malosma laurina; Mountain laurel (disambiguation), several plants; New ...
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In Oregon, this tree is known as Oregon myrtle, while in California it is called California bay laurel, which may be shortened to California bay [10] or California laurel. It has also been called pepperwood , spicebush , cinnamon bush , peppernut tree , headache tree , [ 5 ] mountain laurel , [ 11 ] and balm of heaven .