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Common Name:
Rosebay Rhododendron, Great Laurel, White Rosebay, Great Rhododendron
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Rhododendron maximum
White to pale pink flowers with greenish to yellow-orange spotted throats, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee.
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Common Name:
Catawba Rhododendron, Mountain Rosebay, Purple Laurel, Pink Laurel
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Rhododendron catawbiense
The bell-shaped flowers are purplish-rose, spotted, & in terminal clusters, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee.
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Common Name:
Gorge Rhododendron, Punctatum, Piedmont Rhododendron
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Rhododendron minus var. minus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Rhododendron minus
Flowers pink to white, often spotted with green, in terminal clusters, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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Common Name:
Carolina Rhododendron, Punctatum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Rhododendron minus var. minus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Rhododendron carolinianum
Earlier white-flowered form of R minus sometimes designated R. carolinianum, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
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Common Name:
Pinkshell Azalea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Biltia vaseyi
Corolla tube 2-5mm long, much shorter than corolla lobes, per Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Flame Azalea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Azalea calendulacea
certainly the most gay and brilliant flowering shrub yet known" -William Bartram
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Common Name:
Piedmont Azalea, Southern Pinxterbloom Azalea, Hoary Azalea
INCLUDING
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Rhododendron canescens +
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Azalea canescens
Flowers tubes covered with both glandular and nonglandular hairs, per American Azaleas.
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Common Name:
Election Pink, Roseshell Azalea, Early Azalea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Azalea prinophylla
Shorter tubes than the other 2 fragrant pink species, per American Azaleas.
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This species was described in 2008 (not yet keyed), per Weakley's Flora.
Common Name:
Alabama Azalea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Azalea alabamensis
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Common Name:
May White Azalea, Eastman's Azalea
Yellow-blotched white flowers with few or no sticky tube glands, per American Azaleas.
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Common Name:
Pinxterflower, Pinxterbloom Azalea, Election Pink, Pinxter Azalea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Azalea nudiflora
Most flowers have dark pink to strawberry red tubes, per American Azaleas.
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Common Name:
Dwarf Azalea, Coastal Azalea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Azalea atlantica
Flowers fragrant; flower tubes very glandular and can be white or pink, per American Azaleas.
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Common Name:
Swamp Azalea, Clammy Azalea, Swamp Honeysuckle, Catchfly Azalea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Azalea viscosa
Fragrant. Pistil & filaments typically white [vs. R. arborescens' red pistil], per American Azaleas.
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Common Name:
Swamp Azalea, Clammy Azalea, Sweet Azalea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Azalea serrulata
Corolla tube glabrous within; pistil usually noticeably longer than stamens, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Sweet Azalea, Smooth Azalea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Azalea arborescens
Flowers typically have red pistils and filaments, and are fragrant, per American Azaleas.
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Common Name:
Florida Flame Azalea, Yellow Azalea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Azalea austrina
The fragrant flowers usually have pink to strawberry red tubes, per American Azaleas.
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Common Name:
Cumberland Azalea, Baker's Azalea
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Rhododendron bakeri
Like R. flammeum, it has sparse nonglandular tube hairs, per American Azaleas.
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Common Name:
Oconee Azalea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Azalea speciosa
Flowers emerge with the leaves, and colors range from yellow to orange to red, per American Azaleas.
Common Name:
Texas Azalea
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Common Name:
Plumleaf Azalea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Azalea prunifolia
Flower tubes are glabrous, or nearly so, which aids in identification, per American Azaleas.
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Common Name:
Minniebush
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Diplarche and Menziesia transferred to Rhododendron (Craven, 2011)
Rhododendron pilosum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Andre Michaux
Azalea pilosa
Small urn-shaped flowers, corolla greenish-white, often with a reddish tinge, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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