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Photographer: Derek Anderson
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Family Ericaceae
Kalmia polifolia Wangenh.
bog-laurel, pale-laurel, swamp-laurel
Kalmia: named after Peter Kalm (1716-1779), Swedish botanist and student of Linnaeus
polifolia: gray-leaved
Hazardous 
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 1'-2' tall shrub, with a few branches, twigs with 2 sharp edges |
| Flower: | dark pink to purple, 5-parted, 1/3"-1/2" wide, saucer-shaped, stalked, petals connected almost to the tips; inflorescence a branched cluster (corymb-like) from the upper leaf axils; blooms May-June |
| Fruit: | roundish capsule with an indented top |
| Leaf: | evergreen, leathery, opposite, linear to lance-like, shiny, mostly stalkless, edges turning downward; fine, white hairs below |
| Habitat: | bogs |
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