Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Rhododendron cumberlandense
FAMILY
Ericaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Cumberland Azalea at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
R. cumberlandense is a member of what the Azalea Society of America refers to as "the orange-to-red group". Read more here.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhododendron cumberlandense
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Rhododendron bakeri
COMMON NAME:
Cumberland Azalea, Baker's Azalea
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JK Marlow jkm0305q_10
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm0305q_19
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm210528_0827
May Spartanburg County SC
in cultivation
Like R. flammeum, it has sparse nonglandular tube hairs, per American Azaleas (Towe, 2004).
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JK Marlow jkm210528_0829
May Spartanburg County SC
in cultivation
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_r_cumberlandensez
May
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Sam Pratt sbp_image4
May Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
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Sam Pratt sbp_image5
May Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
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Sam Pratt sbp_image6
May Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
Leaves are fully expanded when the flowers appear, per American Azaleas (Towe, 2004).
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Ron Lance rwl1224_a
June
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Rhododendron cumberlandense
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhododendron cumberlandense
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Rhododendron bakeri
1224
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Balds and exposed or moist slopes, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Click here to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
Orange-red
Bisexual
Slightly bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed funnelform corolla
5 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- American Azaleas (Towe, 2004) p031
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p084
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p105
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p171
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p101
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p28
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p291