Taxon: Rhododendron viscosum (L.) Torr.

Common names:

• clammy azalea   (Source: Castanea 61:125.1996) – English
  
• swamp azalea   (Source: Castanea 61:125.1996) – English
  
• sen azalea   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Gene sources: ornamental features   (fide Krussmann)
  

More:

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Maine [s.], Massachusetts, New York [e.], Pennsylvania [e.], Rhode Island, Vermont
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Oklahoma [s.e.]
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi [s.], North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
• Fernald, M. L. 1950. Gray's manual of botany, ed. 8.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Kron, K. A. 1993. A revision of Rhododendron section Pentanthera. Edinburgh J. Bot. 50:329–332.
• Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976).
• Luteyn, J. L. et al. 1996. Ericaceae of the southeastern United States. Castanea 61:125.
• Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Rhododendron viscosum.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Rhododendron viscosum.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Rhododendron viscosum.

Synonyms:

• (=) Azalea nitida Pursh
  
• (=) Azalea oblongifolia Small
  
• (≡) Azalea viscosa L. (basionym)
  
• (=) Rhododendron oblongifolium (Small) Millais
  
• (=) Rhododendron viscosum var. glaucum Torr.
  
• (=) Rhododendron viscosum var. nitidum (Pursh) A. Gray
  
• (=) Rhododendron viscosum f. rhodanthum Rehder
  

Check other web resources for Rhododendron viscosum (L.) Torr.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Rhododendron viscosum cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

Ctrl P to print