PLANTS Profile for Rhododendron calendulaceum (flame azalea)

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Rhododendron calendulaceum (Michx.) Torr.
flame azalea

Symbol:

RHCA4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ericaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Rhododendron calendulaceum (Michx.) Torr.

Azalea lutea

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 678. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Rhododendron calendulaceum (Michx.) Torr.

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Synonyms:
Rhododendron calendulaceum (Michx.) Torr.

	AZCA2	Azalea calendulacea Michx.
	AZLU	Azalea lutea auct. non L.

Distribution:
Rhododendron calendulaceum (Michx.) Torr.


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USA (AL, CT, GA, KY, MD, NC, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, WV)

Related Taxa:
Rhododendron calendulaceum (Michx.) Torr.

View 35 genera in Ericaceae, 40 species in Rhododendron

Classification:
Rhododendron calendulaceum (Michx.) Torr.

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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 calendulaceum (Michx.) Torr. – flame azalea

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Rhododendron calendulaceum (Michx.) Torr.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Ohio:
flame azalea		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
flame azalea		Extirpated

More Accounts and Images:
Rhododendron calendulaceum (Michx.) Torr.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 23707.

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

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 09:20 AM CDT