Sheep Laurel

Kalmia angustifolia L. - Heath family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 5.0 feet

Plant Type: Shrub

Features

Flower Color: White, Red, Pink, Purple

Conspicuous Flowers: Yes

Bloom Time: Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer

Conditions

Shade Tolerance: Intermediate

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth)

Larval Species depending on Sheep Laurel: Acleris minuta, Argyrotaenia mariana, Callophrys augustinus, Callophrys augustinus augutinus, Cladara limitaria, Coptodisca kalmiella, Darapsa choerilus, Eupithecia russeliata, Lymantria dispar, Nemoria rubrifrontaria, Olethreutes melanomesa, Parornix kalmiella, Phlogophora periculosa, Probole nepiasaria, Pseudexentera cressoniana, Pseudexentera kalmiana, Sphinx kalmiae, Syngrapha epigaea, Tetracis cachexiata

Native Range

USA: Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia
CAN: Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec

Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N), SPM (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.