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Common Name:
Rosebay Rhododendron, Great Laurel, White Rosebay, Great Rhododendron
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Rhododendron maximum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhododendron maximum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhododendron maximum 145-05-001 FAMILY: Ericaceae
Look for it on moist slopes, in wet flats, bogs, swamps, north-facing bluffs in Piedmont
Common (uncommon in Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Catawba Rhododendron, Mountain Rosebay, Purple Laurel, Pink Laurel
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Rhododendron catawbiense FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhododendron catawbiense FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhododendron catawbiense 145-05-002 FAMILY: Ericaceae
Look for it on rocky summits, shrub balds, acid ridges & slopes (mostly at high elevations), north-facing bluffs in Piedmont
Common in Mtns, rare in Piedmont, rare in SC, endemic to Southern Appalachians
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Gorge Rhododendron, Punctatum, Piedmont Rhododendron
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Rhododendron minus FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhododendron minus FAMILY: Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhododendron minus 145-05-003 FAMILY: Ericaceae
Look for it on rocky slopes, in escarpment gorges, rocky areas in the Piedmont, sandhill bluffs in the Coastal Plain
Common in Mountains (rare in Piedmont & Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Carolina Rhododendron, Punctatum
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Rhododendron carolinianum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhododendron carolinianum FAMILY: Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhododendron minus 145-05-003? FAMILY: Ericaceae
Look for it on rocky summits, heath balds, high elevation forests, moist slopes
Uncommon, endemic to the Southern Appalachians
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Pinkshell Azalea
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Rhododendron vaseyi FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhododendron vaseyi FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhododendron vaseyi 145-05-004 FAMILY: Ericaceae
Look for it on moist slopes, bogs, high elevation rocky summits, cliffs, high elevation heath balds
Rare, endemic to the NC mountains
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Flame Azalea
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Rhododendron calendulaceum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhododendron calendulaceum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhododendron calendulaceum 145-05-005 FAMILY: Ericaceae
Look for it in deciduous forests, particularly on mountain slopes, grassy balds
Common in Mountains, rare in Piedmont
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Oconee Azalea
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Rhododendron flammeum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhododendron flammeum FAMILY: Ericaceae
Look for it in longleaf pine sandhills, upland forests on slopes, ridges, stream bluffs
Rare
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Plumleaf Azalea
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Rhododendron prunifolium FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhododendron prunifolium FAMILY: Ericaceae
Look for it in mesic ravine forests and streambanks
Rare, endemic to a small area along AL-GA border
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Cumberland Azalea, Baker's Azalea
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Rhododendron cumberlandense FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhododendron cumberlandense FAMILY: Ericaceae
Look for it on balds and exposed or moist slopes
Rare, endemic to the Southern Appalachians, primarily west of the Blue Ridge
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Piedmont Azalea, Southern Pinxterbloom Azalea, Hoary Azalea
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Rhododendron canescens FAMILY: Ericaceae
(?) SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhododendron canescens FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhododendron canescens 145-05-006 FAMILY: Ericaceae
Look for it in swamps, pocosins, & savannas
Common in GA-SC Coastal Plain, uncommon in GA-SC Piedmont, rare in NC-SC Mtns
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Florida Flame Azalea, Yellow Azalea
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Rhododendron austrinum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhododendron austrinum FAMILY: Ericaceae
Look for it in hammocks, bluffs, floodplain forests
Rare
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Election Pink, Roseshell Azalea, Early Azalea
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Rhododendron prinophyllum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhododendron prinophyllum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhododendron roseum 145-05-007 FAMILY: Ericaceae
Look for it in upland forests (esp under Quercus montana & Quercus rubra), xeric pine & oak woodlands
Rare
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
May White Azalea, Eastman's Azalea
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Rhododendron eastmanii FAMILY: Ericaceae
(?) SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhododendron eastmanii FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhododendron alabamense 145-05-008 FAMILY: Ericaceae
Look for it on rich slopes
Rare (though locally common), endemic to the SC Piedmont
Native to South Carolina
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Common Name:
Red Hills Azalea, May-pink Azalea
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Rhododendron colemanii FAMILY: Ericaceae
Look for it in moist hammocks, moist bluffs, along streams
Uncommon
Native to Georgia
Common Name:
Alabama Azalea
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Rhododendron alabamense FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhododendron alabamense FAMILY: Ericaceae
Look for it on moist slopes, bluffs, streambanks
Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare elsewhere in GA
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Pinxterflower, Pinxterbloom Azalea, Election Pink, Pinxter Azalea
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Rhododendron periclymenoides FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhododendron periclymenoides FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhododendron nudiflorum 145-05-009 FAMILY: Ericaceae
Look for it on moist to dry slopes and streambanks
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Dwarf Azalea, Coastal Azalea
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Rhododendron atlanticum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhododendron atlanticum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhododendron atlanticum 145-05-010 FAMILY: Ericaceae
Look for it in pocosins, savannas, pine flatwoods, sandhill-pocosin ecotones
Common in NC-SC, uncommon in GA, endemic to the Atlantic Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Swamp Azalea, Clammy Azalea, Swamp Honeysuckle, Catchfly Azalea
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Rhododendron viscosum var. viscosum FAMILY: Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Rhododendron viscosum FAMILY: Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhododendron viscosum var. viscosum 145-05-011a FAMILY: Ericaceae
Look for it on moist streambanks, shrub balds, and other moist habitats
Common in Piedmont & NC-SC Mountains (uncommon to rare elesewhere)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Clammy Azalea
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Rhododendron viscosum var. montanum FAMILY: Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Rhododendron viscosum FAMILY: Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhododendron viscosum var. viscosum 145-05-011a? FAMILY: Ericaceae
Look for it in moderate to high elevation sites, in dry to seasonally seepy sites
Rare (an endemic)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Swamp Azalea, Clammy Azalea, Sweet Azalea
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Rhododendron serrulatum FAMILY: Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Rhododendron viscosum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhododendron viscosum var. serrulatum 145-05-011b FAMILY: Ericaceae
Look for it in bogs, pocosins, wet pine savannas
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Sweet Azalea, Smooth Azalea
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Rhododendron arborescens FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Rhododendron arborescens FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Rhododendron arborescens 145-05-012 FAMILY: Ericaceae
Look for it on rocky riversides, wooded streambanks, swamps, high elevation forests, shrub balds
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Minniebush
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Rhododendron pilosum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Menziesia pilosa FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Menziesia pilosa 145-06-001 FAMILY: Ericaceae
Look for it on heath balds, bogs, rocky summits, & rocky woodlands, mostly at high elevations
Uncommon in NC Mtns, rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC (endemic to S & C Appalachians)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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