Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:391. 1753
Verified:
05/15/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
- Britton, N. L. & A. Brown. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, ed. 3. 1952
- Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
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- Foster, S. & J. A. Duke. A field guide to medicinal plants: Eastern/Central North America, 2nd ed. 2000
- Grellin, J. K. & J. Philpott. A reference guide to medicinal plants. 1990
- Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
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- Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants. 1985
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Common names
English
dwarf-laurel – lambkill – pig-laurel – sheepkill – sheep-laurel – wicky – Swedish
smalbladig kalmia –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | New Brunswick | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | Newfoundland | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | Nova Scotia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | Ontario | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | Prince Edward Island | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | Quebec | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Connecticut | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Maine | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Massachusetts | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Michigan | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New Hampshire | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New Jersey | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New York | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Pennsylvania | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Rhode Island | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Vermont | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Delaware | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Maryland | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Virginia | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Middle Europe | Germany | | |
Native
Northern America
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EASTERN CANADA:
Canada [New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec]
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NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont]
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Delaware, Maryland, Virginia]
Cultivated
()
Naturalized
Europe
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 |
Medicines | folklore | | Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002 |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants. 1985 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=21111.
Accessed 20 September 2024.