Monographs Details:
Authority:
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
Family:
Ericaceae
Ericaceae
Description:
Species Description - Tall shrub or small tree to 6 m, not colonial, with glabrous twigs and bud-scales; lvs oblanceolate or rarely obovate, 5–8 cm, obscurely hairy on the midvein above and beneath, otherwise glabrous; fls fragrant; pedicels and cor-tube stipitate-glandular, not otherwise hairy; sep 1.5–3(–5) mm; cor white, occasionally flushed with red, often with a yellow blotch on the upper lobe, 4–5 cm wide, the tube 2.5–3 cm; exserted part of filaments somewhat longer than the tube; stamens and style red, the style ca 1 cm longer than the stamens. Upland woods, especially in the mts.; Pa. to Ky., s. to Ga. and Ala. June, July. (Azalea a.)
Species Description - Tall shrub or small tree to 6 m, not colonial, with glabrous twigs and bud-scales; lvs oblanceolate or rarely obovate, 5–8 cm, obscurely hairy on the midvein above and beneath, otherwise glabrous; fls fragrant; pedicels and cor-tube stipitate-glandular, not otherwise hairy; sep 1.5–3(–5) mm; cor white, occasionally flushed with red, often with a yellow blotch on the upper lobe, 4–5 cm wide, the tube 2.5–3 cm; exserted part of filaments somewhat longer than the tube; stamens and style red, the style ca 1 cm longer than the stamens. Upland woods, especially in the mts.; Pa. to Ky., s. to Ga. and Ala. June, July. (Azalea a.)
Common Names:
smooth azalea, sweet azalea
smooth azalea, sweet azalea