Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Rhododendron carolinianum Rehder, Rhodora 14: 99. 1912
A much-branched shrub, with resinousdotted foliage; leaf-blades elliptic, oblongelliptic, or somewhat broadened upward, 8-13 cm. long, acute or acuminate at both ends, somewhat shining above, paler beneath and copiously resinous-dotted; petioles stout but relatively long, resinous-dotted and slightly pubescent above; calyx-lobes ovate, often broadly so; corolla rosecolored, often mottled, 1.5-2 cm. long, broadly funnelform, the tube short; longer filaments less than 2.5 cm. long; capsules oblong-ovoid, 8-12 mm. long.
Type locality : North Carolina.
Distribution: Mountains of North Carolina, Tennessee, and South Carolina.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel Small, NathanieI Lord Britton, Per Axel Rydberg, LeRoy Abrams. 1914. ERICALES, CLETHRACEAE, LENNOACEAE, PTROLACEAE, MONOTROPACEAE, ERICACEAE, UVA-URSI. North American flora. vol 29(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
