OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Rhododendron serrulatum   FAMILY Ericaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhododendron viscosum   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-05-011b:

Rhododendron viscosum var. serrulatum   FAMILY Ericaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Swamp Azalea, Clammy Azalea, Sweet Azalea


 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Rhododendron serrulatum   FAMILY Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhododendron viscosum   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-05-011b:
Rhododendron viscosum var. serrulatum   FAMILY Ericaceae

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4354

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: bogs, pocosins, wet pine savannas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White (rarely pink)
Slightly bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed funnelform corolla
5 stamens, noticeably shorter than pistil
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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