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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhododendron austrinum   FAMILY Ericaceae

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

Rhododendron austrinum

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

Rhododendron austrinum

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

Rhododendron austrinum

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

Azalea austrina

 

COMMON NAME:
Florida Flame Azalea, Yellow Azalea


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image of Rhododendron austrinum, Florida Flame Azalea, Yellow Azalea

JK Marlow    jkm0404u_24

April    Pickens County    SC

SC Botanical Garden

The fragrant flowers usually have pink to strawberry red tubes, per American Azaleas (Towe, 2004).

image of Rhododendron austrinum, Florida Flame Azalea, Yellow Azalea

JK Marlow    jkm0405f_08

May    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Flower tubes are glandular, as are leaves and new stems, per American Azaleas (Towe, 2004).

image of Rhododendron austrinum, Florida Flame Azalea, Yellow Azalea

JK Marlow    jkm0405f_12

May    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Rhododendron austrinum, Florida Flame Azalea, Yellow Azalea

JK Marlow    jkm0405f_14

May    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Rhododendron austrinum, Florida Flame Azalea, Yellow Azalea

JK Marlow    jkm080507_060

May    Greenville County    SC

In cultivation

Mature leaves are usually obovate and covered with short, raspy hairs, per American Azaleas (Towe, 2004).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhododendron austrinum   FAMILY Ericaceae

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

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

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

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

 

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1219

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: hammocks, bluffs, floodplain forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow/Gold/Light orange
Slightly bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed funnelform corolla
5 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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