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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Rhododendron minus
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhododendron minus
FAMILY
Ericaceae
LESS THAN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 145-05-003:
Rhododendron minus
FAMILY
Ericaceae
LESS THAN
Flora of North America
Rhododendron minus var. minus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Rhododendron minus
COMMON NAME:
Gorge Rhododendron, Punctatum, Piedmont Rhododendron, (Carolina Rhododendron)
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Steve Marlow snm079701_14a
January Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm0404c_18
April Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm0405w_06
May Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
People who eat honey made by bees that forage on Rhododendron may become ill, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_rhododendron_minus
May
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Ron Lance rwl_rhodo_minus
June Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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Ron Lance rwl1227_a2
June
Flowers pink to white, often spotted with green, in terminal clusters, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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JK Marlow jkm061103_036
November Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Somebody tell this plant that it's November.
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JK Marlow s081221_a
December Oconee County SC
Leathery elliptical leaves sharply pointed at apex, wedge-shaped at base, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
COMPARE
leaves of Kalmia and Rhododendron species
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JK Marlow s081221_b
December Oconee County SC
Lower surface of leaves punctate with brown scales, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
leaf undersides of Kalmia and Rhododendron species