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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Menziesia pilosa   FAMILY Ericaceae

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

Rhododendron pilosum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Diplarche and Menziesia transferred to Rhododendron (Craven, 2011)

Rhododendron pilosum

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

Menziesia pilosa

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

Menziesia pilosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-06-001:

Menziesia pilosa   FAMILY Ericaceae

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

Menziesia pilosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Andre Michaux

Azalea pilosa

 

COMMON NAME:
Minniebush


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image of Rhododendron pilosum, Minniebush

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_mepi2_001_lvd

        

image of Rhododendron pilosum, Minniebush

JK Marlow    jkm140607_468

June    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

image of Rhododendron pilosum, Minniebush

JK Marlow    jkm140607_471

June    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

Vegetation resembles that of azaleas & blueberries, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).

image of Rhododendron pilosum, Minniebush

JK Marlow    jkm140607_471b

June    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

Leaves mostly 1-2" long, tip mucronate, ciliate on margin, hairy, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

image of Rhododendron pilosum, Minniebush

JK Marlow    jkm140607_481

June    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

image of Rhododendron pilosum, Minniebush

JK Marlow    jkm140607_485

June    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

Bark is grayish to light brown, usually papery and exfoliating, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Rhododendron pilosum, Minniebush

JK Marlow    jkm140607_621

June    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

Small urn-shaped flowers, corolla greenish-white, often with a reddish tinge, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).

image of Rhododendron pilosum, Minniebush

JK Marlow    jkm230609_4052

June    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

image of Rhododendron pilosum, Minniebush

JK Marlow    jkm230609_4052b

June    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

Distinguished in sterile condition from other deciduous Rhodo by leaves' very prominent mucro and...

image of Rhododendron pilosum, Minniebush

JK Marlow    jkm230609_4057

June    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

... the series of fascicles of glandular trichomes along the leaf midrib below, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Rhododendron pilosum, Minniebush

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmmpilosa_cg1

June        

image of Rhododendron pilosum, Minniebush

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmmpilosa_ls

June?        

image of Rhododendron pilosum, Minniebush

JK Marlow    jkm0508c_25

August    Transylvania County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Rhododendron pilosum, Minniebush

JK Marlow    jkm0508c_25b

August    Transylvania County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Rhododendron pilosum, Minniebush

JK Marlow    jkm180821_3925

August    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

image of Rhododendron pilosum, Minniebush

JK Marlow    jkm180821_3927

August    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

The midrib below with ragged, scaly "joints", per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

image of Rhododendron pilosum, Minniebush

JK Marlow    jkm180821_3933

August    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

image of Rhododendron pilosum, Minniebush

Ron Lance    rwl930_a

September        

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Menziesia pilosa   FAMILY Ericaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Diplarche and Menziesia transferred to Rhododendron (Craven, 2011)
Rhododendron pilosum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Menziesia pilosa

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-06-001:
Menziesia pilosa   FAMILY Ericaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Andre Michaux
Azalea pilosa

 

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930

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Heath balds, bogs, rocky summits, and rocky woodlands, mostly at high elevations, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Greenish-white/Reddish-pink
4-lobed calyx
4-lobed urceolate corolla
8 included stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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