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Read more about Rosebay Rhododendron at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Rhododendron maximum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhododendron maximum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-05-001:
Rhododendron maximum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Rhododendron maximum
COMMON NAME:
Rosebay Rhododendron, Great Laurel, White Rosebay, Great Rhododendron
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_rhma4_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service pnd_rhma4_007_lvd
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JK Marlow s050319_b
March Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
Leaf blades leathery, oblong, 4-12" long, bases tapered, tips pointed, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
COMPARE
leaves of Kalmia and Rhododendron species
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JK Marlow jkm0104a_31
April Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
Flower buds terminal, 1-1.5" long, with many overlapping sticky scales, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm0505h_20
May Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm070526_010
May Polk County NC
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JK Marlow jkm0107g_01
July Transylvania County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
Corolla often has a greenish throat with yellow or orange spots, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast.
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JK Marlow jkm060712_009
July Raleigh County WV
Grandview State Park
White to pale pink flowers with greenish to yellow-orange spotted throats, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm190719_0001
July Transylvania County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
Fruit just beginning to develop. Calyx lobes slightly unequal, 4-5mm, obtuse, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_r_maximum_4
July Union County GA
Lake Winfield Scott
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July
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Ben Geer Keys bgk1226_a
July?
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JK Marlow jkm0509b_34
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Fruit an elongate, sticky capsule, crowned with the remnants of the style, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm150927_243
September Henderson County NC
Bearwallow Mountain
Terminal bud's lowermost bud scales are elongate, leaflike, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm0311b_27
November Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
A thicket-forming shrub or small tree, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm0311f_13
November Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
The lower the temperature, the greater the angle of the drooping leaves, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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JK Marlow jkm0311f_18
November Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
Largely Appalachian: ME, NY & OH south to GA & AL, primarily in the mountains, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm201107_8118
November Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
See the cool dark gray-green band of color? Rhodos line the creek up ahead.