Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Kalmia cuneata
FAMILY
Ericaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about White Wicky at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Kalmia cuneata
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-08-003:
Kalmia cuneata
FAMILY
Ericaceae
COMMON NAME:
White Wicky
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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).
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Will Stuart wil_18298673392
May Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
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Will Stuart wil_14179801019
June Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
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Will Stuart wil_14182994607
June Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
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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.
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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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Kalmia cuneata
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Kalmia cuneata
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-08-003:
Kalmia cuneata
FAMILY
Ericaceae
780
Shrub
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas
Rare, narrowly endemic to the Coastal Plain of se. NC & e. SC
Look for it in pocosins and pocosin-savanna or pocosin-sandhill ecotones, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Bisexual
5 sepals
5-lobed corolla
10 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p241
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p110
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p184
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p226