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Kalmia latifolia is an evergreen shrub growing 3–9 m (9.8–29.5 ft) tall. The leaves are 3–12 cm long and 1–4 cm wide. The leaves are 3–12 cm long and 1–4 cm wide. The flowers are hexagonal, sometimes appearing to be pentagonal, ranging from light pink to white, and occur in clusters.
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.
In Yuki, it is called pōl’-cum ōl. [9] 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 ...
California’s eco-bureaucrats halted a wildfire prevention project near the Pacific Palisades to protect an endangered shrub. It’s just the latest clash between fire safety and conservation in ...
Growing California Native Plants, Marjorie Schmidt, UC Press; Native Landscaping From El Paso to L.A., Sally Wasowski and Andy Wasowski, McGraw-Hill; Native Plants for California Gardens, Lee W. Lenz, Day Printing Corp. Native Treasures: Gardening with the Plants of California, M. Nevin Smith, UC Press
Rhododendron: rhododendron trees and shrubs; Rhododendron albiflorum: white-flowered rhododendron Ericaceae (heath family) Rhododendron calendulaceum: flame azalea Ericaceae (heath family) Rhododendron catawbiense: purple laurel; Catawba rhododendron Ericaceae (heath family) Rhododendron macrophyllum: Pacific rhododendron Ericaceae (heath family)