Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Rhododendron viscosum var. montanum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
R. viscosum is a member of what the Azalea Society of America refers to as "the white group". Read more here.
Read more about R. viscosum at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhododendron viscosum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rhododendron viscosum
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Rhododendron viscosum
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Rhododendron viscosum
INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Rhododendron viscosum
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-05-011a?:
Rhododendron viscosum var. viscosum FAMILY Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Azalea viscosa
COMMON NAME:
Clammy Azalea
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
)
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_rhvi2_002_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Rhododendron viscosum var. montanum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhododendron viscosum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rhododendron viscosum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Rhododendron viscosum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Rhododendron viscosum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Rhododendron viscosum
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-05-011a?:
Rhododendron viscosum var. viscosum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Azalea viscosa
4442
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Moderate to high elevation sites, in dry to seasonally seepy sites, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare in Mountains of GA & SC
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
(rarely pink)
Slightly bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed funnelform corolla
5 stamens, noticeably shorter than pistil
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
Less is more: If "pencil flower" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "pencil".