Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Election Pink at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Rhododendron prinophyllum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhododendron prinophyllum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-05-007:
Rhododendron roseum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Azalea prinophylla
COMMON NAME:
Election Pink, Roseshell Azalea, Early Azalea
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Ron Lance rwl1231_a
April
Shorter tubes than the other 2 fragrant pink species, per American Azaleas.
Keith Bradley kab_r_prinophyllum_9417
June Madison County VA
Shenandoah National Park
Upper corolla lobe uniform in color (lacking a contrasting blotch), per Weakley's Flora (2015).