Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
R. prunifolium is a member of what the Azalea Society of America refers to as "the orange-to-red group". Read more here.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Rhododendron prunifolium
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhododendron prunifolium
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Azalea prunifolia
COMMON NAME:
Plumleaf Azalea
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JK Marlow jkm160727_452
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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Sam Pratt sbp_3293
July Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
The dark green leaves emerge very early and are relatively large, per American Azaleas.
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Sam Pratt sbp_3296b
July Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
Leaf margins entire, plane, ciliate, eglandular-hairy, apex acute to obtuse, per Flora of North America.
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Sam Pratt sbp_3296c
July Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
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Sam Pratt sbp_3307
July Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
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Will Stuart wil_14543237977
August Mecklenburg County NC
UNCC Botanical Garden
Flower tubes are glabrous, or nearly so, which aids in identification, per American Azaleas.