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by Renee Brecht |
| Botanical name: |
Rhododendron atlanticum (Ashe) Rehder |
| Common
name: |
dwarf azalea |
| Synonomy: | Azalea atlantica Ashe |
| Group: |
dicot |
| Family: |
Ericaceae |
| Growth
Type: |
shrub |
| Duration: |
perennial |
| Origin: |
native |
| Plant
height: |
3-6' |
| Foliage: |
blueish green with hairy midribs |
| Flower
color: |
white, sometimes blushed with pink |
| Flower
size: |
1-1.5" across |
| Flowering/fruiting time |
May; may bloom again in autumn |
| Habitat: |
wet areas, bogs and riversides. |
| Range
in
New Jersey: |
Salem and Cumberland counties noted in Hough; Snyder reports Cape May County as well. |
| Heritage ranking if any: |
S1, E, LP, HL |
| Distribution: |
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| Misc.: |
New Jersey is the northern range of this plant. It is a deciduous species.
It
was first collected in 1743 by John Clayton, when herbarium specimens
were sent to the British Museum. It was not properly classified until
1913.
Does not always flower, and is stoliniferous.
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Sources
**USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 251. |
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