OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Kalmia cuneata   FAMILY Ericaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Kalmia cuneata   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Kalmia cuneata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-08-003:

Kalmia cuneata   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Kalmia cuneata

 

COMMON NAME:
White Wicky


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image of Kalmia cuneata, White Wicky

Will Stuart    wil_18276174876

May    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

Woody capsule persistent through winter, borne on delicate recurved pedicels, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Kalmia cuneata, White Wicky

Will Stuart    wil_18298673392

May    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

image of Kalmia cuneata, White Wicky

Will Stuart    wil_kcuneata20230520_0118

May    Richmond    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

[2 years after a burn] This in the nicest little cluster of relatively tall plants I have seen. — Will Stuart

image of Kalmia cuneata, White Wicky

Will Stuart    wil_14179801019

June    Richmond County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

image of Kalmia cuneata, White Wicky

Will Stuart    wil_14182994607

June    Richmond County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

image of Kalmia cuneata, White Wicky

Will Stuart    wil_14182994607b

June    Richmond County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

Other Kalmia species do not have the solid red band on inside of the petals, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Kalmia cuneata, White Wicky

Will Stuart    wil_14365966564

June    Richmond County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

The leaves are deciduous, unlike those of other Kalmia species, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Kalmia cuneata   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Kalmia cuneata   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Kalmia cuneata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-08-003:
Kalmia cuneata   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Kalmia cuneata

 

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780

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: pocosins and pocosin-savanna or pocosin-sandhill ecotones, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas

Rare

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
5 sepals
5-lobed corolla
10 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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