Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Ericaceae

Rhododendron - [maps | photos]

• Rhododendron alabamense Rehder
  Common Name: Alabama azalea

• Rhododendron arborescens (Pursh) Torr.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland -
  Common Name: smooth azalea

• Rhododendron calendulaceum (Michx.) Torr.
  Common Name: flame azalea

• Rhododendron canescens (Michx.) Sweet
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland -
  Common Name: southern pinxter azalea

• Rhododendron catawbiense Michx.
  Common Name: mountain rosebay

• Rhododendron cumberlandense E.L. Braun
  Common Name: Cumberland azalea
  Synonyms:
  

         • Rhododendron bakeri auct. non (Lemmon & McKay) Hume

• Rhododendron maximum L.
  NWI TN: Facultative -
  Common Name: rosebay

• Rhododendron minus Michx.
  Common Name: piedmont rhododendron
  Synonyms:
  

         • Rhododendron carolinianum Rehd.

• Rhododendron periclymenoides (Michx.) Shinners
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: pinxterbloom

• Rhododendron prinophyllum (Small) Millais
  Common Name: early azalea

• Rhododendron viscosum (L.) Torr.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland +
  Common Name: clammy azalea

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke.