Native and naturalized plants
Native and naturalized plants of the Carolinas and Georgia, eastern Tennessee and northern Florida

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Weakley's Flora ( 4/7/08 ): Ericaceae
Rhododendron canescens

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PLANTS National Database: Ericaceae
Rhododendron canescens

SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968): Ericaceae
145-05-006
Rhododendron canescens

GREATER THAN
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999):
Rhododendron canescens +

Common Name:
Piedmont Azalea, Southern Pinxterbloom Azalea

Shrub
Perennial
Deciduous

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Look for it in swamps, pocosins, & savannas, per Weakley's Flora



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...Wet ...Moist

Leaves:
Simple
Alternate

Flower:
Spring
Pink
Bisexual
Slightly bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
petals fused
5 stamens, almost 1.3X as long as corolla
Superior ovary

Fruit:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

To learn more about this plant, look it up in a good book!
A Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p297
Gardening with Native Plants of the South p084
Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p255
Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p105
Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p300
Wildflowers of Tennessee p101




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Wesley Burnett      gwb1221_3927b


April
McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve

 

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Bill Sharpton      gws1221_a


April

 

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JK Marlow      jkm0404v_24


April
Pickens County SC
SC Botanical Garden

 

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