Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Swamp Azalea at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
R. viscosum is a member of what the Azalea Society of America refers to as "the white group". Read more here.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Rhododendron serrulatum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhododendron viscosum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN
Taxonomy, ecology, and distribution of the genus Rhododendron (Ericaceae) in SC (Horn, 2019)
Rhododendron viscosum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-05-011b:
Rhododendron viscosum var. serrulatum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Azalea serrulata
COMMON NAME:
Swamp Azalea, Clammy Azalea, Sweet Azalea
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Keith Bradley kab_r_viscosum_79145
July Highlands County FL
Lake June-in-Winter Scrub State Park
Corolla tube glabrous within; pistil usually noticeably longer than stamens, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Keith Bradley kab_r_viscosum_79150
July Highlands County FL
Lake June-in-Winter Scrub State Park
Leaves glabrous below, except for strigose bristles along midrib & major veins, per Weakley's Flora.