Record #:

26927

Author(s):

Mahan, Laura; Mahan, Hal

Abstract:

Mountain laurel season begins in May in Western North Carolina. These unique flowers were named for Pehr Kalm, a Swedish-Finnish botanist and explorer of North America in the eighteenth century. This article talks about the pollination process of the mountain laurel and other descriptive information about the plant.

Source:

The Laurel of Asheville (NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 12 Issue 5, May 2015, p86, il, por

Subject(s):

North Carolina, Western--Ecology; Mountain laurel