''Rhododendron minus'' var. ''minus'', the Carolina azalea or Carolina rhododendron, is a

rhododendron ''Rhododendron'' (; from Ancient Greek ''rhódon'' "rose" and ''déndron'' "tree") is a very large genus of about 1,024 species of woody plants in the heath family (Ericaceae). They can be either evergreen or deciduous. Most species are nati ...

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

native to the mountains of

North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So ...

South Carolina )''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no) , anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind" , Former = Province of South Carolina , seat = Columbia , LargestCity = Charleston , LargestMetro = ...

Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...

, and Northeast Georgia. It is commonly known as ''Rhododendron carolinianum'' in the horticultural trade.

Cultivation

Cultivars A cultivar is a type of Horticulture, cultivated plant that people have selected for desired phenotypic trait, traits and when Plant propagation, propagated retain those traits. Methods used to propagate cultivars include: division, root and st ...

include 'Album', 'Carolina Gold', 'Luteum' and 'White Perfection'. ''R. caroliniaum'' was crossed with ''

Rhododendron dauricum ''Rhododendron dauricum'' ( zh, s=, p=Xīng'ān dùjuān) is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae native to forests and forest margins in Eastern Siberia, Mongolia, North China and Hokkaido, Japan. The Latin specific epithet ...

'' to create the PJM hybrids.

References

Bibliography

The Plant List: Rhododendron carolinianum
*
North Carolina State University: Rhododendron carolinianum

Alfred Rehder. RHODODENDRON CAROLINIANUM, A NEW RHODODENDRON FROM NORTH CAROLINA
''

Rhodora ''Rhododendron canadense'', the rhodora or Canada rosebay, is a deciduous flowering shrub that is native to northeastern North America. Classification Today's botanists consider the rhodora to be a distant relative of the other North America ...

'', Vol. 14, No. 162 (June, 1912), pp. 97–102

External links

* carolinianum Flora of the Southeastern United States {{Ericaceae-stub