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Details for: PI 442936,
Rhododendron catawbiense
Michx., NP 1079
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Rhododendron catawbiense
Michx.
Top Name:
NP 1079
Origin:
Collected – United States
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
Mar 1980
PI Assigned:
1980
Form Received:
Seed
Inventory Volume:
188
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Rhododendron catawbiense
Michx.
Top Name:
NP 1079
Origin:
Collected – United States
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
Mar 1980
PI Assigned:
1980
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
01 November 1979.
United States
Locality:
Near Ranger Sta., Mt. Mitchell State Pk., North Carolina
Elevation:
1981m.
Donated
March 1980.
Vermont, United States
Donor(s):
Pellett, Norman, University of Vermont
Accession Names and Identifiers
NP 1079
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
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Narrative
Near upper limit of elevation range. Plants 2.4 to 4m tall, 2.4 to 3m wide, erect. Flowers pink to lavender. Local name Catawba rhododendron.
Rhododendron catawbiense
Michx.
Genus:
Rhododendron
Subgenus:
Hymenanthes
Section:
Ponticum
Family:
Ericaceae
Subfamily:
Ericoideae
Tribe:
Rhodoreae
Nomen number:
5025
Place of publication:
Fl. bor.-amer. 1:258. 1803
Verified:
06/06/1995
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
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Citation
English
catawba rhododendron
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
mountain rose bay
1
Luteyn, J. L. et al.
1996. Ericaceae of the southeastern United States. Castanea 61:119.
English
purple-laurel
1
Luteyn, J. L. et al.
1996. Ericaceae of the southeastern United States. Castanea 61:119.
Swedish
catawba-rododendron
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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