Kalmia angustifolia

Ericaceae

Coastal Plain

Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia

Low Shrub

2 - 3ft

3 - 6ft

Pink, Purple, Red, White

Capsule; Brown

Full Sun, Partial Sun, Shade

Clay, Loamy, Sandy

Moist, Wet

May - July

evergreen

acid or sterile soils; old wet pastures, barrens, slow wooded streams, swamp borders, bogs, wet thickets

foliage poisonous to hoofed browsers (not eaten by deer)