Kalmia Latifolia (Mountain Laurel) 亜米利加石楠花（アメリカシャクナゲ、カルミア）

Japanese follows English. 英語の後に日本語が続きます。

This is Kalmia latifolia, commonly called mountain laurel. The flowers look like parasols while the buds like konpeito, i.e., tiny star-shaped Japanese sugar candies (2nd photo), which are Pokémon Nebby's favorite food😜!

Konpeito was imported from Portugal to Japan in the 16th century together with the name "confeito" in Portuguese, meaning sugar candy. If you haven't seen the candy, click here. See? The buds of mountain laurel look exactly like konpeito, don't they?

And this is what I wrote about this plant last year but at that time I didn't know that despite such pretty color and shape, all the parts of Kalmia were poisonous especially for sheep as suggested by its another common names "lamb-kill," "calf-kill," "kill-kid," and "sheep-poison"😱

Mountain laurel アメリカシャクナゲ（カルミア）

Kalmia latifolia 亜米利加石楠花（カルミア）

Konpeito! 金平糖でしょ！

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亜米利加石楠花（アメリカシャクナゲ）またの名をカルミアです。最初、金平糖みたいな蕾に驚いていたら、こんなに可愛い日傘のような花に変身😲😊金平糖はポケモンのほしぐもちゃんの好物です。と、ここまでは去年も書きました。

でもその時は知らなかったんです。カルミアは全部が有毒、特に羊が中毒しやすく、英語の別名が「羊殺し（lamb-kill、calf-kill、kill-kid）」だということを😱

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