Details for: NA 81422, Rhododendron viscosum (L.) Torr., NA 81422


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Rhododendron viscosum (L.) Torr.
Top Name:
NA 81422
Origin:
Collected – North Carolina, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
25 Mar 2013
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Rhododendron viscosum (L.) Torr.
Top Name:
NA 81422
Origin:
Collected – North Carolina, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
25 Mar 2013
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
PRE 25 March 2013.
North Carolina, United States
Locality: North Carolina: Transylvania County; Mt. Toxaway
Coordinates: 35.1309, -82.9818 (Map it)
Elevation: 1433m.
Environment description: Open woods.
Comment: Transylvania County From what seems to be the largest var. montanum colony extant, in open woods at circa 4700'...this wildly rhizomatus R. viscosum variety...is morphologically indistinguishable from the "aemulans" of [NA 81419]. It is a totally dryland form that prefers ridges in the highest mountains of GA and SC and NC. Also present: Cladonia [lichen] of some sort;
Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
NA 81422
Type: Site identifier

Narrative
Rhododendron viscosum (L.) Torr.
Genus:
Rhododendron
Subgenus:
Hymenanthes
Section:
Pentanthera
Family:
Ericaceae
Subfamily:
Ericoideae
Tribe:
Rhodoreae
Nomen number:

105061
Place of publication:

Fl. n. middle United States 424. 1824
Verified:
05/06/1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
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Basionym
Azalea viscosa L.

Autonym(s)
Rhododendron viscosum (L.) Torr. f. viscosum
Rhododendron viscosum (L.) Torr. var. viscosum

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Azalea nitida Pursh
Azalea oblongifolia Small
Rhododendron oblongifolium (Small) Millais
Rhododendron viscosum (L.) Torr. f. rhodanthum Rehder
Rhododendron viscosum (L.) Torr. var. glaucum Torr.
Rhododendron viscosum (L.) Torr. var. nitidum (Pursh) A. Gray

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishclammy azalea  1Luteyn, J. L. et al. 1996. Ericaceae of the southeastern United States. Castanea 61:125.
Englishswamp azalea  1Luteyn, J. L. et al. 1996. Ericaceae of the southeastern United States. Castanea 61:125.
Swedishsen azalea  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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