Scientific
Name
Rhododendron
Common Name
Azalea, Rhododendron |
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Characteristics
 ID
hints- "azalea"
- Umbrella-like twigs**
- - Stiff reddish-brown hairs**
- Leaves alternate, crowded
- - Leaves pubescent
- Flowers crowded since leaves crowded
- - Flowers with leaves present*
- Flowers axillary, 1-2 per axil, spring (single flowers)
- - Flowers bell-shaped
- - Flowers - anthocyathin hues
- Flowers can be doubled (double flowers)
- - Petaloid stamens*
- Flowers can be hose-in-hose*** (hose-in-hose flowers)
- - Petaloid calyx & petaloid corolla***
- "rhododendron"
- Leaves thick, leathery*
- - Reticulate veins below*
- - Leaves commonly elongate elliptic
- Inflorescence terminal, 3-8 flowered
- - Flowers large bells**
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4-H Horticulture Contest, Dr.
Alice B. Russell, Dr. Paul R. Fantz, and Larry Bass, Department
of Horticultural Science, NC Cooperative Extension Service, NC State University.
All Pictures Copyright @1997Alice B. Russell. Computer
programming by Miguel A. Buendia, graphics by Brad Capel.
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