PLANTS Profile for Rhododendron carolinianum (Carolina azalea)

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PLANTS Profile

Rhododendron carolinianum Rehder
Carolina azalea

Symbol:

RHCA14

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ericaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Shrub

L48

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Rhododendron carolinianum Rehder

Distribution:
Rhododendron carolinianum Rehder


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USA (CT, NC, SC, TN)

Related Taxa:
Rhododendron carolinianum Rehder

View 35 genera in Ericaceae, 40 species in Rhododendron

Classification:
Rhododendron carolinianum Rehder

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Ericales
Family	Ericaceae – Heath family
Genus	Rhododendron L. – rhododendron
Species	Rhododendron carolinianum Rehder – Carolina azalea

More Accounts and Images:
Rhododendron carolinianum Rehder

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 23713.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 06/20/2013 06:53 AM CDT