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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Piedmont Azalea at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Rhododendron canescens
FAMILY
Ericaceae
(?) SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhododendron canescens
FAMILY
Ericaceae
INCLUDING
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Rhododendron canescens +
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-05-006:
Rhododendron canescens
FAMILY
Ericaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Azalea canescens
COMMON NAME:
Piedmont Azalea, Southern Pinxterbloom Azalea, Hoary Azalea
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_azca3_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_rhca7_003_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_r_canescens_4
March
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Wesley Burnett gwb1221_3927b
April McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
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Keith Bradley kab_r_canescens_4042
April Lexington County SC
Congaree Creek Heritage Preserve
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Keith Bradley kab_r_canescens_4125
April Lexington County SC
Congaree Creek Heritage Preserve
Corolla tube canescent and stipitate-glandular on the outside, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Keith Bradley kab_r_canescens_4144
April Lexington County SC
Congaree Creek Heritage Preserve
Flowers tubes covered with both glandular and nonglandular hairs, per American Azaleas.
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Keith Bradley kab_r_canescens_4216
April Lexington County SC
Congaree Creek Heritage Preserve
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Keith Bradley kab_r_canescens_4297
April Lexington County SC
Congaree Creek Heritage Preserve
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_r_canescens_8
April
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_r_canescens_pied
April
Flowers typically white to light pink with pink tubes (but can be bright pink, per American Azaleas.