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§1 Plant
Rhododendron calendulaceum (Michx.) Torr.
vernacular flame azalea — species · Ericaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Ericaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Rhododendron
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 159 counties across 12 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 159 counties across 12 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Bartow 13015
- Carroll 13045
- Cherokee 13057
- Cobb 13067
- Dade 13083
- Dawson 13085
- Fannin 13111
- Forsyth 13117
- Fulton 13121
- Gilmer 13123
- Hall 13139
- Harris 13145
- Henry 13151
- Lumpkin 13187
- Meriwether 13199
- Murray 13213
- Oconee 13219
- Pickens 13227
- Rabun 13241
- Towns 13281
- Union 13291
- Upson 13293
- Walker 13295
- White 13311
Kentucky view state ↗ 22 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Alleghany 37005
- Ashe 37009
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Caldwell 37027
- Cherokee 37039
- Clay 37043
- Forsyth 37067
- Graham 37075
- Greene 37079
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Jackson 37099
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- McDowell 37111
- Mitchell 37121
- Polk 37149
- Rutherford 37161
- Stokes 37169
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Watauga 37189
Ohio view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Buchanan 51027
- Carroll 51035
- Craig 51045
- Dickenson 51051
- Floyd 51063
- Franklin 51067
- Giles 51071
- Grayson 51077
- Highland 51091
- Montgomery 51121
- Patrick 51141
- Pulaski 51155
- Roanoke 51161
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Smyth 51173
- Tazewell 51185
- Washington 51191
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
West Virginia view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Boone 54005
- Braxton 54007
- Calhoun 54013
- Fayette 54019
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Jackson 54035
- Kanawha 54039
- Marion 54049
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Nicholas 54067
- Pendleton 54071
- Pocahontas 54075
- Preston 54077
- Raleigh 54081
- Randolph 54083
- Roane 54087
- Summers 54089
- Tucker 54093
- Upshur 54097
- Wayne 54099
- Webster 54101
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wyoming 54109
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/RHCA4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2883036 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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