| Scientific Name: | Kalmia latifolia |
| Common Name: | mountain laurel |
| Family Name: | Ericaceae |
| Origin: | U.S. - northeast |
| 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 |
| 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 elliptic, glossy dark green, alternate (may appear opposite or whorled near shoot tips), smooth margins; flowers cup-shaped, 5-sided with 10 anthers neatly arranged in corolla pockets. | |