| Scientific Name: | Kalmia latifolia |
| Common Name: | mountain laurel |
| Family Name: | Ericaceae |
| Origin: | Canada - eastern, U.S. - northeast, U.S. - southeast |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen |
| Mature Size: | 2 - 3m x 4 - 5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading |
| Form: | Oval - horizontal, Round |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Cut flower or foliage, Mixed shrub border, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Lustrous, Elliptic, Entire |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, Pink, Red, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate (may appear opposite or whorled near shoot tips), most blades elliptic, 7-10cm long x 2-4cm wide, glabrous, leathery, glossy, margin entire, petiole 1-2cm long, often reddish; corymb-like cymes at stem tips, each with 15-40 cup-shaped flowers, 2-2.5cm wide, 5-sided with 10 anthers neatly arranged in corolla pockets, commonly pink (some white-red) with purple spots, May-Jun. | |