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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 .
Dermatophyllum secundiflorum is a species of flowering shrub or small tree in the family Fabaceae [2] that is native to the Southwestern United States (Texas, New Mexico) and Mexico (Chihuahua and Coahuila south to Hidalgo, Puebla, and Querétaro). [3] Its common names include Texas mountain laurel, Texas mescalbean, frijolito, and frijolillo. [2]
Cryptocarya nova-anglica, commonly known as mountain laurel, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Lauraceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is a tree with lance-shaped leaves, creamy green flowers, and elliptic to spherical to pear-shaped black drupes .
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 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. [11]
A laurel shrub Laurus nobilis in pot Laurus nobilis in bloom. The laurel is an evergreen shrub or small tree, variable in size and sometimes reaching 7–18 m (23–59 ft) tall. [4]