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Read more about Cumberland 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 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
COMMON NAME:
Cumberland Azalea, Baker's Azalea
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JK Marlow jkm0305q_09
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Leaves are fully expanded when the flowers appear, per American Azaleas.
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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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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_r_cumberlandensez
May
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Sam Pratt sbp_image4
May Spartanburg County SC
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Sam Pratt sbp_image5
May Spartanburg County SC
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Sam Pratt sbp_image6
May Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm070601_023
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm070601_027
June Greenville County SC
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Ron Lance rwl1224_a
June
Like R. flammeum, it has sparse nonglandular tube hairs, per American Azaleas.