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Common Name:
Florida Rosemary, Sandhill Rosemary, Sand Heath
Reddish or yellowish flowers in axillary clusters of 2-3, in November, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast.
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Common Name:
Pipsissewa, Striped Wintergreen, Spotted Wintergreen
The 5 petals are white or pinkish; the stigma is rounded and green, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
Common Name:
Prince's-pine, Pipsissewa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Pyrola americana
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Common Name:
Indian Pipes, Ghost Flower
Flowers solitary, nodding, urn-shaped, the same color as the stem, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Hairy Pinesap, Appalachian Red Pinesap
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Hypopitys lanuginosa
INCLUDED WITHIN
Atlas of the Vascular Plants of Arkansas (Gentry et al. 2013)
Monotropa hypopitys
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED TO NORTH AMERICAN PLANTS)
Flora of Virginia (Weakley, Ludwig & Townsend, 2012)
Hypopitys monotropa
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Hypopitys americana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Hypopitys lanuginosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Monotropa lanuginosa
Autumn flowering plants are mostly pink to red, ofen marked with yellow, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Eastern Pinesap
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED TO NORTH AMERICAN PLANTS)
The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Hypopitys monotropa
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Hypopitys americana
Early season flowering material is usually yellow or tawny, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Appalachian Pygmy Pipes, Sweet Pinesap
Numerous fragrant purplish flowers barely extend past stem's brown scales, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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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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Common Name:
Sand-myrtle, Mountain Myrtle
INCLUDING
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Leiophyllum buxifolium var. prostratum
The 1/4" wide flowers have 5 spreading petals and 10 protruding stamens, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
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Common Name:
Mountain Laurel, Ivy, Calico-bush, Mountain Ivy
Each flower resembles an umbrella whose ribs are made from arched stamens, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee.
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Common Name:
Southern Sheepkill, Carolina Wicky, Carolina Sheep Laurel, Carolina Bog Myrtle
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Kalmia angustifolia var. carolina
The flowers are miniatures of the larger Mountain Laurel (K. latifolia), per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
Common Name:
Northern Sheepkill, Sheep Laurel, Lamb-kill
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Kalmia angustifolia var. angustifolia
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Common Name:
White Wicky
Other Kalmia species do not have the solid red band on inside of the petals, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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Common Name:
Hairy Wicky
The stamens are curved backwards, their anthers lodged in pockets, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Common Name:
Zenobia, Honeycups
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Zenobia cassinefolia
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Zenobia pulverulenta
The white cuplike 1/4-1/2" flowers occur en masse, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Common Name:
Evergreen Mountain Fetterbush, Mountain Andromeda
Corolla urceolate, strongly 5-ridged, per Flora of North America.
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Common Name:
Vine-wicky, Climbing Fetterbush, Climbing Wicky
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Ampelothamnus phillyreifolius
The only viny member of the Ericaceae in the United States, per Flora of North America.
Common Name:
Japanese Andromeda, Lily-of-the-Valley Bush
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Pieris japonica
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Common Name:
Northern Maleberry, He-huckleberry
Calyx lobes triangular; corolla white, globose, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Rusty Lyonia, Staggerbush, Dragonwood, Crookedwood
Flowers in axillary facscicles on twigs of the previous year, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast.
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Common Name:
Staggerbush, Poor-grub
Similar to L. ferruginea, but reduced leaves & rigidly ascending branchlets, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast.
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Common Name:
Shining Fetterbush, Lyonia, Hemleaf
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Desmothamnus lucidus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Neopieris nitida
Corolla less than 5mm broad, usually pink, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Staggerbush
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Neopieris mariana
Corolla more than 5mm broad, usually white, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Tall Fetterbush, Florida Leucothoe, Florida Hobblebush, Agarista
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Leucothoe acuminata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Andromeda populifolia
Racemes short, axillary, usually < 15-flowered. Corolla narrowly urdeolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Coastal Doghobble, Coastal Plain Doghobble
Racemes with 8-44 flowers; sepals ovate, with an obtuse or rounded apex, per Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Mountain Doghobble, Highland Doghobble, Switch-ivy
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Leucothoe editorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Leucothoe catesbaei
Racemes 2-10 cm long, with 17-80 flowers, per Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Mountain Sweetbells, Mountain Fetterbush, Deciduous Fetterbush
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Leucothoe recurva
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Eubotrys recurva
One-sided recurving racemes, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast.
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Common Name:
Coastal Fetterbush, Swamp Sweetbells, Swamp Leucothoe, Swamp Fetterbush
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Leucothoe racemosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Eubotrys racemosa
Straight compared to E recurva, but still wonderful arching arrays of blooms. — Will Stuart
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Common Name:
Sourwood, Sorrel-tree
Prized Sourwood honey is derived from these small urn-shaped flowers, per Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition.
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Common Name:
Leatherleaf, Cassandra
Corolla lobes much shorter than tube; stigma slightly expanded, truncate, per Flora of North America.
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Common Name:
Trailing Arbutus, Mayflower
The small clusters of fragrant flowers are often concealed under the leaves, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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Common Name:
Wintergreen, Teaberry
Solitary, white to pinkish, urn-shaped flowers hang from stalks, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Chiogenes hispidula
Common Name:
Box Huckleberry
SYNONYMOUS WITH (THE GENUS NAME PREOCCUPIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Buxella brachycera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Andre Michaux
Vaccinium brachycerum
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Common Name:
Southern Dwarf Huckleberry
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gaylussacia dumosa var. dumosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Lasiococcus dumosus
Racemes to 4cm long; raceme bracts foliaceous and longer than pedicels, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gaylussacia dumosa var. bigeloviana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Lasiococcus orocola
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