| Swamp Azalea is a showy low deciduous shrub with fragrant white to pink flowers that appear well after the leaves. Robeson Co., NC 5/30/08.
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| Found in swampy areas throughout North Carolina, but most common in the Mountains and Coastal Plain. In the Coastal Plain, compare with the very similar Dwarf Azalea, which blooms before the leaves emerge. Alleghany Co., NC 6/18/06.
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| Also known as Clammy Azalea because of the viscous sundew-like secretions of the stipitate glands on the inflorescence. Alleghany Co., NC 7/1/06.
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| Flowers may also be pink. Alleghany Co., NC 6/18/06.
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| The leaves are smooth beneath except for stiff white hairs on the midrib. The leaves are sometimes bluish green. Alleghany Co., NC 7/1/06.
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| Alleghany Co., NC 6/18/06.
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| The pedicels and flowers are densely stipitate-glandular. Alleghany Co., NC 7/1/06.
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| Bark detail. Robeson Co., NC 5/30/08.
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More information:
East Coast Native Azaleas
Rosebay.org
Recommended Tree, Shrub, and Woody Vine Identification Guides
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