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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Pinkshell Azalea at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
R. vaseyi is a member of what the Azalea Society of America refers to as "the pink group". Read more here.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Rhododendron vaseyi
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhododendron vaseyi
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-05-004:
Rhododendron vaseyi
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Biltia vaseyi
COMMON NAME:
Pinkshell Azalea
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JK Marlow jkm210423_9669
April Transylvania County NC
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JK Marlow jkm210423_9670
April Transylvania County NC
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JK Marlow jkm0505n_33
May Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Endemic to NC mountains, though approaching very close to SC & reported for GA, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm0505n_35
May Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Corolla tube 2-5mm long, much shorter than corolla lobes, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm070518_037
May Avery County NC
Grandfather Mountain
Locally abundant on Grandfather Mtn, its northernmost outpost, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm070518_057
May Avery County NC
Grandfather Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm070518_070
May Avery County NC
Grandfather Mountain
Calyx lobes 0.3-0.5mm long, glandular-ciliate and often glandular on the back, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm070518_072
May Avery County NC
Grandfather Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm070518_087
May Avery County NC
Grandfather Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm170507_783
May Transylvania County NC
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JK Marlow jkm200522_5061
May Transylvania County NC
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JK Marlow jkm200522_5072
May Transylvania County NC
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JK Marlow jkm200522_5077
May Transylvania County NC
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JK Marlow jkm200522_5080
May Transylvania County NC
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Keith Bradley kab_r_vaseyi_7801
May Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Corolla lobes spreading, the largest (and often the 2 lateral) spotted, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Will Stuart wil_8795322648_25dac60d1f
May NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm140816_749
August Jackson County NC
High Hampton Inn
Leaves elliptic, often broadly so (commonly 3-6cm wide), acuminate, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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JK Marlow jkm150814_723
August Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm150814_727
August Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm140913_689
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway