Wicky (other)
Wicky may refer to: * ''Kalmia angustifolia'' (colloquial name: Wicky), a flowering shrub * Raphaël Wicky (born 1977), retired Swiss footballer * Edouard Wicky, Swiss racing cyclist * André Wicky (1928–2016), Swiss former racing driver * Anton Wicky (born 1940), Ceylon-born educator and celebrity in Japan * Jean-Claude Wicky (1946–2016), Swiss photographer * Yanina Wickmayer (nickname: Wicky, born 1989), Belgian tennis player See also

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Kalmia Angustifolia
''Kalmia angustifolia'' is a flowering shrub in the family Ericaceae, commonly known as sheep laurel. It is distributed in eastern North America from Ontario and Quebec south to Virginia. It grows commonly in dry habitats in the boreal forest, and may become dominant over large areas after fire or logging. Like many plant species of infertile habitats it has evergreen leaves and mycorrhizal associations with fungi. It is also found in drier area of peat bogs. Description The attractive small, deep crimson-pink flowers are produced in early summer. Each has five sepals, with a corolla of five fused petals, and ten stamens fused to the corolla. They are pollinated by bumble bees and solitary bees. Each mature capsule contains about 180 seeds.Hall, I. V., Jackson, L. P. and Everett, C. F. 1973. The biology of Canadian weeds. 1. ''Kalmia angustifolia'' L. Canadian Journal of Plant Science 53: 865–873. In the wild the plant may vary in height from . New shoots arise from dormant b ...
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