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Rhododendron

Rhododendron L.

rhododendron, azalea

PLANT INDEX

ID_PLANT: RHODO
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Rhododendron
Include in WOTAS: 0
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2017-09-26

GENUS INDEX

GENUS CODE: RHODO
GENUS SCIENTIFIC: Rhododendron
GENUS AUTHORITY: L.
GENUS COMMON: Azalea
GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of about 860 species, shrubs and trees, mostly north temperate (centered in Himalayan Asia). Molecular evidence appears to show that Menziesia should be included in Rhododendron, and is actually closely related within Rhododendron to R. vaseyi (Goetsch, Eckert, & Hall 2005; Kurashige et al. 2001); while the urceolate corolla is rather anomalous in Rhododendron, many other characters ally Menziesia with basal clades in Rhododendron s.l.
GENUS IDENTIFICATION: Identification notes: This key makes as much use as possible of vegetative characters, geography, and capsule characters; capsules are generally available for longer during the year than flowers, and even when plants are in flower, last years capsules can often be found.
GENUS REFERENCES: Judd & Kron in FNA (2009); Fabijan in FNA (2009); Kron (1993)=Z; Judd & Kron (1995)=Y; Chamberlain (1982)=X; Cullen (1980)=Q; Davidian (1982)=D; Craven (2011)=U; Duncan & Pullen (1962)=V; Goetsch, Eckert, & Hall (2005); Towe (2004); Kron & Creel (1999); Stevens et al. in Kubitzki (2004).

FAMILY INDEX

FAMILY CODE: ERICAC
FAMILY SCIENTIFIC: Ericaceae
FAMILY AUTHORITY: A.L. de Jussieu 1789
FAMILY COMMON: Heath Family
FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 107-124 genera and 3400-4100 species, primarily shrubs, small trees, and subshrubs, nearly cosmopolitan. The Ericaceae is very important in our area, which is one of the north temperate centers of diversity for the Ericaceae, with a great diversity of genera and species, many of them rather narrowly endemic. Along with Quercus and Pinus, various members of this family are dominant in much of our landscape.
FAMILY REFERENCE: Tucker in FNA (2009); Gillespie & Kron (2010, 2013); Kron et al. (2002); Wood (1961); Judd & Kron (1993); Kron & Chase (1993); Luteyn et al. (1996)=L; Dorr & Barrie (1993); Cullings & Hileman (1997); Stevens et al. in Kubitzki (2004).

NCBG DESCRIPTIVES

INTRO:
STEMS:
LEAVES:
INFLORESCENCE:
FLOWERS:
FRUITS:
COMMENTS:
HEIGHT:
DURATION: Perennial
HABIT: Shrub
LEAF ARRANGEMENT: Alternate
LEAF COMPLEXITY: Simple
LEAF RETENTION: Deciduous
FLORAL CHARACTERISTICS
SYMMETRY:
BLOOM TIME:
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

BLOOM COLOR:
White Red Pink Orange Yellow Green Blue Lavender Purple Violet Brown Not Applicable

FRUITING PERIOD:
DISTRIBUTION
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NATIVE RANGE:
HORTICULTURAL
Plant Sale Text:

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NCBG Location:

Cultural Notes:

SOIL MOISTURE: Well-drained
LIGHT EXPOSURE: Sun, Part Shade
MINIMUM HARDINESS ZONE:
MAXIMUM HARDINESS ZONE:
GERMINATION CODE:
WILDLIFE VALUE: Bee Friendly, Butterfly Friendly, Hummingbird Friendly
DEER RESISTANCE:

GRIM COLLECTIONS

Coll_id Project Collection date Collector Action
1178 HORT 2005-05-16 Wichmann View
1933 HORT 2009-01-09 MacIntyre View
1934 HORT 2009-01-09 MacIntyre View
1936 HORT 2014-10-14 MacIntyre View
1939 HORT 2017-04-01 MacIntyre View
1941 HORT 2017-04-01 MacIntyre View
1944 HORT 2017-04-01 MacIntyre View
1945 HORT 2018-04-01 MacIntyre View
1946 HORT 2018-01-01 MacIntyre View

GRIM ACCESSIONS

acc_id acc_num acc_dt coll_id Action
1038 1985-0752 View
1039 1985-0753 View
1040 1985-0754 View
1041 1985-0755 View
1042 1985-0756 View
1043 1985-0759 View
1044 1985-0760 View
1045 1985-0761 View
1046 1985-0766 View
1047 1985-0767 View
1048 1985-0768 View
1049 1985-0769 View
1050 1985-0770 View
1051 1985-0771 View
1053 1985-0773 View
1054 1985-0774 View
1055 1985-0775 View
1056 1985-0776 View
1057 1985-0777 View
1058 1985-0778 View
1059 1985-0780 View
1061 1985-0783 View
1062 1985-0784 View
1063 1985-0785 View
1064 1985-0786 View
1065 1985-0789 View
1066 1985-0793 View
1067 1985-0794 View
2593 1987-0027 View
2596 1987-0031 View
2600 1987-0037 View
2705 1987-0178 View
2706 1987-0179 View
2707 1987-0180 View
2708 1987-0181 View
2709 1987-0182 View
3068 1989-0018 View
3213 1990-0053 View
3430 1991-0067 View
3431 1991-0068 View
3610 1991-0279 View
3611 1991-0280 View
3612 1991-0281 View
4807 1994-0004 View
6931 1998-0138 View
6975 1998-0187 View
6979 1998-0191 View
7124 1999-0082 1999-08-11 View
7954 2003-0006 2003-08-02 View
7955 2003-0007 2003-08-02 View
7956 2003-0008 2003-08-02 0 View
8112 2004-0120 View
8114 2004-0122 View
8907 1985-0736 0000-00-00 982 View
9177 2009-0074 2020-04-08 1933 View
9178 2009-0075 2020-04-08 1934 View
9180 2014-0011 2020-04-08 1936 View
9183 2017-0046 2020-04-08 1939 View
9185 2017-0048 2020-04-08 1941 View
9188 2017-0051 2020-04-08 1944 View
9189 2018-0205 2020-04-08 1945 View
9190 2018-0206 2020-04-08 1946 View
9483 2009-0080 2022-03-31 0 View
9672 2023-0120 2023-12-14 0 View

GRIM PLANTINGS

plt_num acc_id loc_num pers_num inst_dt Action
1911 8907 166 NCBG staff 1982-03-11 View
1912 8907 198 NCBG staff 1982-03-11 View
1913 8907 160 NCBG staff 0000-00-00 View
1918 1035 160 NCBG staff 0000-00-00 View
1921 1038 177 NCBG staff 1982-03-04 View
1922 1039 160 NCBG staff 0000-00-00 View
1923 1040 163 NCBG staff 1981-12-17 View
1924 1041 160 NCBG staff 1980-03-18 View
1925 1042 198 NCBG staff 0000-00-00 View
1926 1043 163 NCBG staff 1981-12-17 View
1927 1044 178 NCBG staff 0000-00-00 View
1928 1045 198 NCBG staff 0000-00-00 View
1929 1046 163 NCBG staff 1981-12-17 View
1930 1047 160 NCBG staff 0000-00-00 View
1931 1048 160 NCBG staff 0000-00-00 View
1932 1049 174 NCBG staff 1997-01-01 View
1933 1050 160 NCBG staff 0000-00-00 View
1934 1051 160 NCBG staff 1980-12-19 View
1936 1053 177 NCBG staff 1981-06-02 View
1937 1054 198 NCBG staff 0000-00-00 View
1938 1055 198 NCBG staff 0000-00-00 View
1939 1056 160 NCBG staff 0000-00-00 View
1940 1057 177 NCBG staff 1981-06-02 View
1941 1058 160 NCBG staff 0000-00-00 View
1942 1059 161 NCBG staff 0000-00-00 View
1944 1061 178 NCBG staff 0000-00-00 View
1945 1062 160 NCBG staff 1980-03-08 View
1946 1063 163 NCBG staff 1982-02-25 View
1947 1064 174 NCBG staff 0000-00-00 View
1948 1064 160 NCBG staff 0000-00-00 View
1949 1065 163 NCBG staff 1981-12-17 View
1950 1066 177 NCBG staff 1981-06-02 View
1951 1067 198 NCBG staff 0000-00-00 View
4371 2593 168 NCBG staff 0000-00-00 View
4372 2593 178 NCBG staff 0000-00-00 View
4376 2596 181 NCBG staff 0000-00-00 View
4382 2600 178 NCBG staff 0000-00-00 View
4515 2705 8 NCBG staff 1982-07-08 View
4516 2706 8 NCBG staff 1983-06-30 View
4517 2707 8 NCBG staff 1983-06-30 View
4518 2708 8 NCBG staff 1982-07-08 View
4519 2709 8 NCBG staff 1983-06-30 View
5091 3068 181 NCBG staff 1980-04-08 View
5378 3213 83 NCBG staff 1989-04-01 View
5379 3214 83 Liloia 1986-01-01 View
5669 3430 166 NCBG staff 0000-00-00 View
5670 3430 163 NCBG staff 0000-00-00 View
5671 3431 181 NCBG staff 0000-00-00 View
5904 3610 181 NCBG staff 1991-09-01 View
5905 3611 159 NCBG staff 1991-05-01 View
5906 3612 159 NCBG staff 1991-05-01 View
7181 4807 137 Tomberlin 1967-12-31 View
7182 4807 67 NCBG staff 1994-01-01 View
7183 4807 140 NCBG staff 1998-01-01 View
7184 4807 136 NCBG staff 2001-02-26 View
7185 4807 154 NCBG staff 2001-12-01 View
7186 4807 160 NCBG staff 2001-12-01 View
9793 6931 160 NCBG staff 1967-12-31 View
9794 6932 160 NCBG staff 1997-11-07 View
9846 6975 160 NCBG staff 1998-04-03 View
9852 6979 172 NCBG staff 1998-04-03 View
9853 6979 160 NCBG staff 1967-01-01 View
10065 7124 174 NCBG staff 1967-12-31 View
11197 7954 81 NCBG staff 2003-04-24 View
11198 7955 81 NCBG staff 1967-12-31 View
11199 7956 81 NCBG staff 2003-04-26 View
11368 8112 164 NCBG staff 2003-04-08 View
11370 8114 164 NCBG staff 2003-04-08 View
12147 9177 177 MacIntyre 2009-01-09 View
12148 9178 177 MacIntyre 2009-01-09 View
12150 9180 177 MacIntyre 2014-10-14 View
12153 9183 163 MacIntyre 2017-04-10 View
12155 9185 166 MacIntyre 2017-04-01 View
12156 9185 173 MacIntyre 2017-04-01 View
12159 9188 170 MacIntyre 2017-06-12 View
12160 9189 174 MacIntyre 2018-04-01 View
12161 9190 177 MacIntyre 2018-01-01 View
12946 0 155 MacIntyre 0000-00-00 View
13126 9483 159 MacIntyre 2009-01-16 View
13758 0 71 Liloia 0000-00-00 View
14160 9672 166 Neal 0000-00-00 View

USDA PLANTS DATABASE

USDA Symbol: RHODO
USDA Common Name: Rhododendron
Native Status:
Distribution: USA (AK, AL, AR, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, ID, IL, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MO, MS, MT, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)
Duration:
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WEAKLEY FLORA

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Key to Map Symbols
ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Ericaceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 (Heath Family)
SUMMARY: A family of about 107-124 genera and 3400-4100 species, primarily shrubs, small trees, and subshrubs, nearly cosmopolitan. The Ericaceae is very important in our area, which is one of the north temperate centers of diversity for the Ericaceae, with a great diversity of genera and species, many of them rather narrowly endemic. Along with Quercus and Pinus, various members of this family are dominant in much of our landscape.
REFERENCE: Tucker in FNA (2009); Gillespie & Kron (2010, 2013); Kron et al. (2002); Wood (1961); Judd & Kron (1993); Kron & Chase (1993); Luteyn et al. (1996)=L; Dorr & Barrie (1993); Cullings & Hileman (1997); Stevens et al. in Kubitzki (2004).
ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Rhododendron L. (Azalea)
SUMMARY: A genus of about 860 species, shrubs and trees, mostly north temperate (centered in Himalayan Asia). Molecular evidence appears to show that Menziesia should be included in Rhododendron, and is actually closely related within Rhododendron to R. vaseyi (Goetsch, Eckert, & Hall 2005; Kurashige et al. 2001); while the urceolate corolla is rather anomalous in Rhododendron, many other characters ally Menziesia with basal clades in Rhododendron s.l.
REFERENCE: Judd & Kron in FNA (2009); Fabijan in FNA (2009); Kron (1993)=Z; Judd & Kron (1995)=Y; Chamberlain (1982)=X; Cullen (1980)=Q; Davidian (1982)=D; Craven (2011)=U; Duncan & Pullen (1962)=V; Goetsch, Eckert, & Hall (2005); Towe (2004); Kron & Creel (1999); Stevens et al. in Kubitzki (2004).

HERBARIUM RESOURCES

SERNEC: Find Rhododendron in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
UNC SERNEC: Find Rhododendron in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)

WEB RESOURCES

USDA: Find Rhododendron in USDA Plants
NPIN: Find Rhododendron in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Rhododendron in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Rhododendron

IMAGE USE RECORDS

ID IMAGE: 0 - Primary Image FloraQuest Plant Detail Page (Landscape Preferred)
ID IMAGE1: 0 - Primary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE2: 0 - Secondary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE3: 0 - Primary Image Plant Sale Sign (Landscape Only)
ID IMAGE4: 0 - Primary Image New Plant Sale Label (Portrait Only)

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