Rhododendron canadense (L.) Torr.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Ericaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Branching shrub to 1 m; lvs deciduous, narrowly oblong to elliptic, 2–5 cm, ciliate, finely hairy, especially beneath; fls appearing with or before the lvs, few and subsessile in a terminal umbel-like cluster; cor rose-purple to white, 2 cm, divided almost to the base into 3 segments, the upper segment erect, shallowly 3-lobed, the 2 lower narrow, spreading; 2n=52. Bogs and wet woods; Nf. and Que. to Ont., s. to e. Pa. and n. N.J. (Rhodora c.)
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Common Names
rhodora