Rhododendron prunifolium

Rhododendron prunifolium

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Rhododendron
Section: Pentanthera
Species: R. prunifolium
Binomial name
Rhododendron prunifolium
(Small) Millais

Rhododendron prunifolium, the plumleaf azalea,[1] is a wild azalea that grows only in a few counties along the Georgia–Alabama border in the Chattahoochee River Valley. It is considered the rarest azalea in the Eastern United States. Providence Canyon is one of the most popular places to view the plumleaf azalea in the wild.[2]

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