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Rhododendron minus var. minus

Rhododendron minus var. chapmanii
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Chapman's rhododendron
Habit Shrubs compact to straggling, branches not rigidly ascending. Shrubs open, branches usually rigidly erect-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.

petiole 2–6(–7) mm;

blade 1.5–6.5 × 1–3 cm, apex obtuse to rounded (rarely notched or acute), secondary veins often depressed.
Corollas

15–35 mm.

23–37 mm.

Rhododendron minus var. minus

Rhododendron minus var. chapmanii
Phenology Flowering spring. Flowering early spring.
Habitat Woods and mountain balds, moist slopes, streamsides, rocky cliffs and ridges Seasonally wet, pine flatwoods, borders of evergreen shrub bogs or bays, transition zone between branch bays and pine ridges
Elevation 50-1700 m (200-5600 ft) 0-50 m (0-200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; GA; NC; SC; TN
from FNA
FL
Discussion

Of conservation concern.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 8, p. 461. FNA vol. 8, p. 461.
Parent taxa Ericaceae > subfam. Ericoideae > Rhododendron > Rhododendron minus Ericaceae > subfam. Ericoideae > Rhododendron > Rhododendron minus
Sibling taxa
R. minus var. chapmanii
R. minus var. minus
Synonyms R. carolinianum, R. cuthbertii, R. punctatum R. punctatum var. chapmanii, R. chapmanii
Name authority unknown (Alph. Wood) Gandhi & Zarucchi: Harvard Pap. Bot. 14: 1. 2009 ,
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