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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rhododendron atlanticum   FAMILY Ericaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhododendron atlanticum   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)

Rhododendron atlanticum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-05-010:

Rhododendron atlanticum   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Azalea atlantica

 

COMMON NAME:
Dwarf Azalea, Coastal Azalea


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image of Rhododendron atlanticum, Dwarf Azalea, Coastal Azalea

Will Stuart    wil_r_atlanticum_086

April    Scotland County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

Flowers appear before the leaves, sticky from glandular hairs, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Rhododendron atlanticum, Dwarf Azalea, Coastal Azalea

Will Stuart    wil_r_atlanticum_129

April    Scotland County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

image of Rhododendron atlanticum, Dwarf Azalea, Coastal Azalea

Will Stuart    wil_r_atlanticum_135

April    Scotland County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

Flowers fragrant; flower tubes very glandular and can be white or pink, per American Azaleas (Towe, 2004).

image of Rhododendron atlanticum, Dwarf Azalea, Coastal Azalea

Sharleen Johnson    shj_1465814903912659

December    Charleston County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

image of Rhododendron atlanticum, Dwarf Azalea, Coastal Azalea

Sharleen Johnson    shj_550423556932393

December    Charleston County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

image of Rhododendron atlanticum, Dwarf Azalea, Coastal Azalea

Sharleen Johnson    shj_708032474208168

December    Charleston County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rhododendron atlanticum   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhododendron atlanticum   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Rhododendron atlanticum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-05-010:
Rhododendron atlanticum   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Azalea atlantica

 

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1218

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: pocosins, savannas, pine flatwoods, sandhill-pocosin ecotones, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, uncommon in GA

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
White/Lavender/Pink
Slightly bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed funnelform corolla
5 stamens, ca. 1.25X or less as long as corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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