Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Rhododendron austrinum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhododendron austrinum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Azalea austrina
COMMON NAME:
Florida Flame Azalea, Yellow Azalea
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JK Marlow jkm0404u_24
April Pickens County SC
SC Botanical Garden
The fragrant flowers usually have pink to strawberry red tubes, per American Azaleas.
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JK Marlow jkm0405f_08
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Flower tubes are glandular, as are leaves and new stems, per American Azaleas.
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JK Marlow jkm0405f_12
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm0405f_14
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm080507_060
May Greenville County SC
In cultivation
Mature leaves are usually obovate and covered with short, raspy hairs, per American Azaleas.