Kalmia hirsuta

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Species Distribution Map
Family:ERICACEAE
Species:Kalmia hirsuta Walter
Common Name:Hairy Wicky; Hairy Laurel; Sweet Wicky
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Shrub
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:KAHI2
Plant Notes:Hairy Wicky is a native evergreen shrub in the Heath family (Ericaceae). It is native to the southernmost counties in Alabama. Hairy Wicky grows in pine flatwoods, bogs, and White Cedar swamps. It is a straggly shrub, rarely reaching more than three feet in height. Typically it is somewhat decumbent and intertwined with other vegetation. The twigs have long, spreading hairs. Leaves are alternate, sessile, elliptic to ovate in outline, with revolute margins (turned under). The leaves are densely to sparsely pubescent with long hairs. Flowers are solitary or 2-3 per leaf axil on new growth. Flowers are campanulate and vary in color from white through pale pink, to dark pink or lavender. The flowers may be marked with red dots. The tips of the stamens are inserted into pockets on the corolla until “sprung” by a passing insect. The fruit is a capsule with many tiny seed. Hairy Wicky is listed as a S2 species in Alabama (typically 6 to 20 occurrences, few remaining individuals, acres, or miles of stream, or factors demonstrably making it very vulnerable in the state). Due to its small size and gangly growth habitat, Hairy Wicky is not often available commercially. A few nurseries that specialize in native Azaleas and other Ericaceous plants sometimes have it as well as some nurseries that sell bog plants. Hairy Wicky prefers full to partial sun and a moist, acidic soil.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, FACW- (NWI), S2 (State Rank), G5 (Global Rank)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyERICACEAE - Heath family
Genus Kalmia
Species Kalmia hirsuta Walter - Hairy Wicky; Hairy Laurel; Sweet Wicky

Citation

Citation Kalmia hirsuta Walter, Fl. Carol. 138. 1788.
Basionym: **
Type: USA: SOUTH CAROLINA: Without data, Herb. Walter 61a-D (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by Southall & J. W. Hardin, J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 90: 21. 1974. SOUTH CAROLINA: Jasper Co.: Along SC 631, 1 mi. SE of the Hampton Co. line, 29 Jun 1956, Bell 3956 (epitype: GH). Epitypified by D. B. Ward, J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 2: 479. 2008.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Chamaedaphne hirsuta Chamaedaphne hirsuta (Walter) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 388. 1891.Kalmia hirsuta Walter 1788. 
Kalmia ciliata Kalmia ciliata W. Bartram, Travels Carolina 18, 171. 1791.  
Kalmiella hirsuta Kalmiella hirsuta (Walter) Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 886, 1336. 1903.Kalmia hirsuta Walter 1788. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Houston, Mobile

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, NY, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1879 - 1980

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
USAM000005600 Baldwin 20 Jul 1974 LeLong, Michel G.
8060		 USAM
Kalmia hirsuta Walter
UWAL0043256 Baldwin 20 Oct 2000 West, Chan
603		 UWAL
Kalmia hirsuta Walter
TROY000029612 Baldwin 13 Dec 2007 Barger, T. Wayne
Per-233		 TROY
Kalmia hirsuta Walter
ALNHS00005898 Baldwin 14 Jun 2018 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#3895		 ALNHS
Kalmia hirsuta Walt.
AUA_ACC_66031 Baldwin 26 May 2006 Keener, Brian R.
2902		 AUA
Kalmia Hirsuta Walt.
UNA00012896 Baldwin 24 May 1980 Haynes, Robert R.
7796		 UNA
Kalmia hirsuta Walt.
ALNHS00001457 Baldwin 12 Sep 2012 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#755		 ALNHS
Kalmia hirsuta Walt.
UWAL0018702 Baldwin 28 Jul 1990 Kral, Robert
78187		 UWAL
Kalmia hirsuta Walt.
TROY000004327 Baldwin 11 Nov 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14893		 TROY
Kalmia hirsuta Walter
AUA000041818 Baldwin 21 Aug 1925 Wolf, Wolfgang
2370		 AUA
Kalmia Hirsuta Walt.
NY02524100 Baldwin 23 Jul 1950 - 24 Jul 1950 Grady L. Webster
3539		 NY
Kalmia hirsuta Walter
UWAL0051265 Baldwin 20 Jul 1971 Dean, Blanche E.
384		 UWAL
Kalmiella hirsuta
UNA00012899 Baldwin s.d. Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Kalmia hirsuta Walt.
TROY000043682 Houston 09 Jun 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27462		 TROY
Kalmia hirsuta Walter
USAM000005596 Baldwin 09 Jun 1969 Kral, Robert
35221		 USAM
Kalmia hirsuta Walter
USAM000008833 Baldwin 23 May 2004 Zebryk, Tad
8486		 USAM
Kalmia hirsuta Walter
NY02524179 Mobile 03 Sep 1912 Francis W. Pennell
4513		 NY
Kalmia hirsuta Walter
TROY000004329 Baldwin 26 Dec 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
16105		 TROY
Kalmia hirsuta Walter
JSU121553 Baldwin 10 Aug 1993 Spaulding, Daniel D.
4286		 JSU
Kalmia hirsuta Walter
UWAL0039293 Houston 09 Jun 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27462		 UWAL
Kalmia hirsuta Walter
TROY000042765 Baldwin 14 Jul 2013 Keener, Brian R.
8050		 TROY
Kalmia hirsuta Walt.
TROY000004326 Baldwin 26 May 2006 Keener, Brian R.
2902		 TROY
Kalmia hirsuta Walter
NY02524178 Baldwin 09 Jun 1969 Robert Kral
35221		 NY
Kalmia hirsuta Walter
UWAL0013668 Baldwin 14 Jul 2013 Keener, Brian R.
8050		 UWAL
Kalmia hirsuta Walt.
UWAL0045723 Baldwin 13 Oct 1980 Powers
968		 UWAL
Kalmia hirsuta Walter
UNA00012893 Mobile 15 Jun 1879 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Kalmia hirsuta Walt.
AUA_ACC_3403 Baldwin 16 May 1964 Anonymous
 AUA
Kalmia Hirsuta Walt.
NY02524106 Baldwin 23 May 1903 Samuel M. Tracy
8655		 NY
Kalmia hirsuta Walter
USAM000005599 Baldwin 27 Sep 1975 LeLong, Michel G.
8700		 USAM
Kalmia hirsuta Walter
UWAL0007443 Baldwin 26 May 2006 Keener, Brian R.
2902		 UWAL
Kalmia hirsuta Walt.
UNA00059651 Baldwin 10 Nov 2002 Zebryk, Tad M.
8041		 UNA
Kalmia hirsuta Walt.
ALNHS00004231 Baldwin 15 Jun 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2622		 ALNHS
Kalmia hirsuta Walt.
AUA_ACC_3730 Baldwin 14 May 1955 Sledge, Eugene B.
 AUA
Kalmia Hirsuta Walt.
AUA_ACC_64883 Baldwin 11 Nov 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14893		 AUA
Kalmia Hirsuta Walt.
UWAL0048202 Baldwin 20 Jul 2019 Soehren, Eric C.
608		 UWAL
Kalmia hirsuta Walt.
USAM000005597 Baldwin 18 Jul 1967 LeLong, Michel G.
4105		 USAM
Kalmia hirsuta Walter
NY02524099 Baldwin 24 May 1980 Robert R. Haynes
7796		 NY
Kalmia hirsuta Walter
AUA_ACC_17706 Baldwin 26 Jun 1969 Thornhill, Randy
178		 AUA
Kalmia Hirsuta Walt.
UNA00064919 Baldwin 26 May 2006 Keener, Brian R.
2902		 UNA
Kalmia hirsuta Walt.
UNA00059652 Baldwin 10 Nov 2002 Zebryk, Tad M.
8042		 UNA
Kalmia hirsuta Walt.
USAM000005598 Baldwin 23 Jun 1968 Wofford, B. Eugene
10322		 USAM
Kalmia hirsuta Walter
UWAL0007444 Baldwin 19 Jul 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12717		 UWAL
Kalmia hirsuta Walt.
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