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Taxon:  Rhododendron catawbiense Michx.



Summary
Genus:
Rhododendron
Subgenus:
Hymenanthes
Section:
Ponticum
Family:
Ericaceae
Subfamily:
Ericoideae
Tribe:
Rhodoreae
Nomen number:
5025
Place of publication:
Fl. bor.-amer. 1:258. 1803
Verified:
06/06/1995 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
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  2. Chamberlain, D. F. 1982. A revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 39:316.
  3. Chester, E. W. et al. 1993-1997. Atlas of Tennessee vascular plants.
  4. Clark, R. C. 1971. The woody plants of Alabama. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 58:221.
  5. Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
  6. Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2
  7. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  8. Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 1:256.
  9. Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
  10. Luteyn, J. L. et al. 1996. Ericaceae of the southeastern United States. Castanea 61:119.
  11. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
  12. Wofford, B. E. Database of Tennessee vascular plants (on-line resource).
Common names
English
catawba rhododendron –
mountain rose bay –
purple-laurel –
Swedish
catawba-rododendron –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesWest Virginias.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesAlabaman.e.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesGeorgian.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesKentuckye.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesNorth Carolinac. & w.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesSouth Carolina 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesTennessee 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesVirginiaw.
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Northern America
  • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [West Virginia (s.)]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama (n.e.), Georgia (n.), Kentucky (e.), North Carolina (c. & w.), South Carolina, Virginia (w.), Tennessee]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmentalornamental Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=5025. Accessed 7 May 2025.