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

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R. alabamense is a member of what the Azalea Society of America refers to as "the white group". Read more here.

R. alabamense is reported for Calhoun County, SC (Radford, Ahles, & Bell 1968), but this record actually represents the more recently described R. eastmanii, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhododendron alabamense FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Rhododendron alabamense

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)

Rhododendron alabamense

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Rhododendron alabamense

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Azalea alabamensis

COMMON NAME:
Alabama Azalea

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhododendron alabamense FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rhododendron alabamense

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Rhododendron alabamense

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Rhododendron alabamense

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Azalea alabamensis

1216

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Moist slopes, bluffs, streambanks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Uncommon

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Slightly bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed funnelform corolla
5 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

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