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[[Image:MountainLaurelFlower.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Mountain Laurel]]

[[Image:MountainLaurelFlower.jpg|right|thumb|300px|'''Mountain Laurel''', the [[state flower]] of [[Pennsylvania]] & [[Connecticut]]]]

The '''Mountain laurel''', (''Kalmia latifolia'') is the [[state flower]] of both [[Connecticut]] <ref>http://www.ct.gov/ctportal/cwp/view.asp?a=885&q=246494 - State of Connecticut Official Government website</ref> and [[Pennsylvania]]. In Connecticut, the Mountain laurel was designated as the State Flower by the General Assembly in 1907. <ref>http://www.50states.com/flower/connecticut.htm</ref> Pennsylvania named the Mountain laurel their state flower by an act of the General Assembly on May 5, 1933. <ref>http://www.50states.com/flower/pennsylvania.htm</ref>

The '''Mountain laurel''', (''Kalmia latifolia'') is the [[state flower]] of both [[Connecticut]] <ref>http://www.ct.gov/ctportal/cwp/view.asp?a=885&q=246494 - State of Connecticut Official Government website</ref> and [[Pennsylvania]]. In Connecticut, the Mountain laurel was designated as the State Flower by the General Assembly in 1907. <ref>http://www.50states.com/flower/connecticut.htm</ref> Pennsylvania named the Mountain laurel their state flower by an act of the General Assembly on May 5, 1933. <ref>http://www.50states.com/flower/pennsylvania.htm</ref>

Mountain laurel is a perrenial native shrub which varies from four to ten feet in height, although it can reach heights of up to 40 feet tall. The most common Mountain laurels have many fragrant small pink and white blossoms and dark green leaves that grow about one inch across and up to 5 inches long, although some have flowers in shades of white or purple or other colors. It is commonly found growing on rocky hilltops and similar areas. <ref>http://www.wvdnr.gov/wildlife/native_shrubs-mountainlaurel.shtm - West Virginia Department of Natural Resources</ref>  

Mountain laurel is a perrenial native shrub which varies from four to ten feet in height, although it can reach heights of up to 40 feet tall. The most common Mountain laurels have many fragrant small pink and white blossoms and dark green leaves that grow about one inch across and up to 5 inches long, although some have flowers in shades of white or purple or other colors. It is commonly found growing on rocky hilltops and similar areas. <ref>http://www.wvdnr.gov/wildlife/native_shrubs-mountainlaurel.shtm - West Virginia Department of Natural Resources</ref>  

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[[Image:MountainLaurelStates.png|left|thumb|300px]]