Rhododendron

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Ericaceae

• Scientific Name

  Rhododendron L.

• Description

  Genus Description - Cal 5-lobed, much shorter than the cor; cor campanulate to funnelform, conspicuous, regularly or commonly irregularly 5-lobed; stamens mostly 5 or 10, with elongate filaments and short anthers with 2 terminal pores; ovary superior, 5-locular; style elongate; capsule septicidal; shrubs or trees with alternate, deciduous or evergreen lvs and showy fls in terminal racemes or umbel-like clusters from scaly buds. Our spp. 2n=26, except as noted. (Azalea) 850, mainly N. Hemisphere.