Rhododendron flammeum
| Oconee azalea | |
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| Species: | R. flammeum
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| Rhododendron flammeum (Michx.) Sarg.
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Azalea calendulacea var. flammea Michx. | |
Rhododendron flammeum, the piedmont azalea[2] or Oconee azalea, is a plant species native to the US States of Georgia and South Carolina. It is found in dry woods and stream bluffs at elevations less than 500 m. The common name is taken from Oconee County, South Carolina.[3]
Rhododendron flammeum is a deciduous shrub up to 2.5 m tall, usually not producing rhizomes. Leaves thin, ovate, up to 9 cm long, without teeth. Inflorescences have up to 12 flowers each. Flowers opening in the Spring before the leaves have formed, funnel-shaped up to 50 mm long, bright red to orange with a darker splotch on the upper lobe.[3][4][5]
References
- ^ Tropicos
- ^ NRCS. "Rhododendron flammeum". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ^ a b Flora of North America v 8 p 466.
- ^ Sargent, Charles Sprague. 1917. Rhododendron Society Notes 1: 120.
- ^ Michaux, André. 1803. Flora Boreali-Americana 1: 151.