...Moist
...Variable
...Dry
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
William Bartram described Flame Azalea thus: "... We were alarmed with apprehension of the hill being set on fire. This is certainly the most gay and brilliant flowering shrub yet known."
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Rhododendron calendulaceum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhododendron calendulaceum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 145-05-005:
Rhododendron calendulaceum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Azalea calendulacea
COMMON NAME:
Flame Azalea
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JK Marlow jkm150424_700
April Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm150424_708
April Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm070518_004
May Watauga County NC
Flower tubes are glandular, in contrast to the 3 other orange-red azaleas, per American Azaleas.
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JK Marlow jkm070518_013
May Watauga County NC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_r_calendulaceum_4
May
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_r_calendulaceum_f
May
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Craig Myers cam_flameazalea1
June Buncombe County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Bill Sharpton gws1220_a
June
[Pollinator at work] Stamens almost twice as long as the corolla, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm090610_005
June Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
"...the most gay and brilliant flowering shrub yet known" - William Bartram
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JK Marlow jkm140607_608
June Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm140607_609
June Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
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Ron Lance rwl_rhodo_calendulaceum
June Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve