Almost all of the parts of the mountain laurel are poisonous to wildlife and humans. At the turn of the 20th century, over 3,000 women urged Connecticut’s state legislature to adopt the beautiful Mountain Laurel as the Connecticut state flower. However, not everyone embraced the idea at firs...
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Despite its popularity, the Mountain Laurel wasn’t originally a shoo-in as the Pennsylvania state flower. When the issue was discussed in the 1930s, the Pennsylvania General Assembly was so in doubt about which flower should represent the state that it sent the Governor bills naming two differ...
Pennsylvania State Flower: Mountain Laurel Linnaeus gave it the name ofKalmia latifolia, honoring the name his correspondent and at the same time describing the "wide-leafed" characteristic of the plant. In addition to being called the "Mountain Laurel," the plant has also been spoken of as "...
Mountain Laurel – for more photos / info go to theKalmia latifoliadetail page. Mountain Laurel –Kalmia latifolia Continue reading→ #NPOD: Roundleaf Catchfly #Nativeplants 6 Replies Native Plant of the Day 05/29/2015 Photo from May 30, 2004. Location: Big Frog Trail, Polk County, TN. ...
Briggs investigated this phenomenon in the 1950s after retiring as longtime director of the National Bureau of Standards, attempting to explain how hydromechanical effects inside the flower’s stamen could make it possible. Briggs’s unfinished manuscript implies that liquid under negative pressure ...