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Alpine bog laurel (Kalmia microphylla)

Description

Kalmia microphylla, known as alpine laurel, bog laurel, swamp-laurel, western bog-laurel or western laurel, is a species of Kalmia belonging to the Ericaceae family. It is native to North America and can be found throughout the western US and western and central Canada below the subarctic.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Ericales

            • Family: Ericaceae

              • Genus: Kalmia