Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-    Plate No. 175

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-COMMON_NAMES-Broad-leaved Kalmia. Natives call it "Spoon Tree" because they
              make spoons of its wood.
-GENUS-Kalmia
-SPECIES-Kalmia latifolia
-CLASS-Decandria
-ORDER-Monogynia
-AUTHORITY-Linnaeus

-MODERN_GENUS-Kalmia
-MODERN_SPECIES-Kalmia latifolia
-MODERN_FAMILY-Ericaceae

-PLANT_TYPE-shrub
-COLOR-
-SEASON-late spring-summer
-NATIVE_REGION- Pensylvania [sic], New Jersey and New York
-ZONE-4

-SOURCE-The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME-5
-PUB_DATE-1791
-REISSUED-1796
-EDITOR-William Curtis
-ARTIST-S. Edwards
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