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	Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia)
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				Native
                    
            Family: 
                Ericaceae (Heath)
			Height: 3 to 15 ft.
			
			(shrub)
			
			
			
			Blooms: May to
				July
			
			Leaf Type:
			
				smooth
			
			Bloom Size:  1 in. (typical)
			Flower Description:
			
				Flat or rounded clusters,
				
				Fused petals, 5 parts
				
			Location: Sandy Creek Trail
			Date:  6/12/2004
			
			
		
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				We started out as wildflowers from the bicycle trails of western Pennsylvania, but we've
		grown!
Meyer, Joseph E. (1918). The Herbalist and Herb Doctor. Hammond, Ind.: Indiana Herb Gardens. 400 pp.
 
 
 
		
			 
	 
					





