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Habit Shrubs compact to straggling, branches not rigidly ascending.
Leaves

petiole (5–)6–20 mm;

blade 2.5–13 × 1–5.5 cm, apex usually acute or acuminate, secondary veins usually not depressed.

Corollas

15–35 mm.

Rhododendron minus var. minus

Phenology Flowering spring.
Habitat Woods and mountain balds, moist slopes, streamsides, rocky cliffs and ridges
Elevation 50-1700 m (200-5600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; GA; NC; SC; TN
Source FNA vol. 8, p. 461.
Parent taxa Ericaceae > subfam. Ericoideae > Rhododendron > Rhododendron minus
Sibling taxa
R. minus var. chapmanii
Synonyms R. carolinianum, R. cuthbertii, R. punctatum
Name authority unknown
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