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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Rhododendron cumberlandense   FAMILY Ericaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhododendron cumberlandense   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Rhododendron cumberlandense

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

Rhododendron cumberlandense

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Rhododendron cumberlandense

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)

Rhododendron bakeri

 

COMMON NAME:
Cumberland Azalea, Baker's Azalea


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image of Rhododendron cumberlandense, Cumberland Azalea, Baker's Azalea

JK Marlow    jkm0305q_10

May    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Rhododendron cumberlandense, Cumberland Azalea, Baker's Azalea

JK Marlow    jkm0305q_19

May    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Rhododendron cumberlandense, Cumberland Azalea, Baker's Azalea

JK Marlow    jkm210528_0827

May    Spartanburg County    SC

in cultivation

Like R. flammeum, it has sparse nonglandular tube hairs, per American Azaleas (Towe, 2004).

image of Rhododendron cumberlandense, Cumberland Azalea, Baker's Azalea

JK Marlow    jkm210528_0829

May    Spartanburg County    SC

in cultivation

image of Rhododendron cumberlandense, Cumberland Azalea, Baker's Azalea

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_r_cumberlandensez

May        

image of Rhododendron cumberlandense, Cumberland Azalea, Baker's Azalea

Sam Pratt    sbp_image4

May    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

image of Rhododendron cumberlandense, Cumberland Azalea, Baker's Azalea

Sam Pratt    sbp_image5

May    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

image of Rhododendron cumberlandense, Cumberland Azalea, Baker's Azalea

Sam Pratt    sbp_image6

May    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

Leaves are fully expanded when the flowers appear, per American Azaleas (Towe, 2004).

image of Rhododendron cumberlandense, Cumberland Azalea, Baker's Azalea

Ron Lance    rwl1224_a

June        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Rhododendron cumberlandense   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhododendron cumberlandense   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rhododendron cumberlandense

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Rhododendron cumberlandense

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Rhododendron bakeri

 

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Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Balds and exposed or moist slopes, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer
Orange-red
Slightly bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed funnelform corolla
5 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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