Kalmia polifolia
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Kalmia polifolia, previously known as Kalmia glauca and commonly called bog laurel, swamp laurel, or pale laurel, is a perennial evergreen shrub of cold acidic bogs, in the family Ericaceae. It is nat
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The near cup-shaped flower spans about three-eighths of an inch in diameter.
Kalmia glauca, by Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759–1840)
Kalmia polifolia, by Mary Vaux Walcott (1860–1940)
Pehr Kalm
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Pehr Kalm, also known as Peter Kalm, was a Swedish-Finnish explorer, botanist, naturalist, and agricultural economist. He was one of the most important apostles of Carl Linnaeus.
Kalmia polifolia
…in the family Ericaceae. It is native to north-eastern North America, from Newfoundland to Hudson Bay southwards. The genus 'Kalmia' is named after Pehr Kalm, a Swedish-Finn botanist, who was a student of Linnaeus. The species name, 'polifolia', is Latin for 'pole-leaves' or 'pole-petals'. The former species…
A picture commonly believed to portray Kalm, although some modern-day historians have suggested it may be of Kalm's colleague Pehr Gadd. Painted by Johan Georg Geitel, 1764.
Illustration of Cohoes Falls, from the book En Resa til Norra America by Pehr Kalm
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