Rhododendron albiflorum Hook. GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Rhododendron

Subgenus:

Azaleastrum

Section:

Sciadorhodion

Family:

Ericaceae

Subfamily:

Ericoideae

Tribe:

Rhodoreae

Nomen number:

410411

Place of publication:

Fl. bor.-amer. 2:43., t. 133. 1834

Verified:

03/26/1998 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

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Reference(s)

Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 190.
Davis, R. 1952. Flora of Idaho.
Hitchcock, C. L. & A. Cronquist. 1973. Flora of the Pacific Northwest: an illustrated manual.
Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955-1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest.
Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada.
Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976) Note: slight or none garden merit
Lane, M. A. et al. 1993. Rhododendron albiflorum Hook. (Ericaceae): One taxon or two? Rhodora 95:11-20.
Munro, D. B. Canadian poisonous plants information system (on-line resource).
Peck, M. 1941. A manual of the higher plants of Oregon.
Philipson, W. R. & M. N. Philipson. 1986. A revision of Rhododendron III. Subgenera Azaleastrum, Mumeazalea, Candidastrum and Therorhodion. Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 44:17.
Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.

Common names

English
white rhododendron –
white-flower rhododendron –
English (Canada)
white rose-bay –
French (Canada)
azalée blanche –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Colorado
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Idaho
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Montana	w.
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Oregon
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Washington
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	Alberta
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	British Columbia

Native
Northern America

WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Alberta, British Columbia]
NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana (w.), Oregon, Washington]

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Vertebrate poisons	mammals		Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada.