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|accepted_name=Rhododendron catawbiense
|accepted_authority=Michaux
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|place=1: 258. 1803,
}}
|common_names=Mountain rosebay;purple laurel
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae;Rhododendron;Rhododendron catawbiense
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ericaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Rhododendron]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Rhododendron catawbiense]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 456, 462
|treatment_page=page 463
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, to 3.5(–6) m, sometimes rhizomatous. <b>Stems</b>: bark smooth to vertically furrowed, shredding; twigs multicellular eglandular-hairy (hairs branched basally, crisp/matted), glabrate in age. <b>Leaves</b> persistent; petiole multicellular-hairy (hairs ± branched), often glabrescent; blade elliptic to obovate or slightly ovate, (5–)6–12(–17) × (2.5–)3.5–6(–7.7) cm (length/width ratio 1.3–3.5), thick, coriaceous, margins entire, revolute to plane, glabrous or sparsely hairy along margins (hairs branched, ephemeral), apex rounded/mucronate to obtuse or acute, surfaces sparsely eglandular-hairy (hairs basally branched, crisped, quickly deciduous), abaxial surface minutely, obscurely papillose. <b>Floral</b> bud scales multicellular stipitate-glandular-hairy, eglandular-hairy (hairs basally branched, crisped), and unicellular-hairy (hairs short to elongate), margins eglandular-hairy (hairs branched). <b>Inflorescences</b> 12–20-flowered; bracts similar to bud scales. <b>Pedicels</b> 10–50 mm, sparsely to moderately multicellular eglandular-hairy (hairs ferruginous, branched, crisped), glabrate in age. <b>Flowers</b> opening after development of leaves (of flowering shoots), erect to horizontal, fragrant; calyx lobes 0.5–1.7 mm, glabrous or eglandular-hairy; corolla deep pink to purple, rarely white, usually with yellowish-green spots on upper lobe, campanulate, 27–50 mm, glabrous on outer surface, petals connate, lobes 15–30 mm, tube gradually expanding into lobes, 12–28 mm; stamens 10, included, ± unequal, 19–39 mm; (ovary multicellular eglandular-hairy). <b>Capsules</b> borne on erect pedicels, 10–23 × 3.5–7 mm, eglandular-hairy (hairs ferruginous, branched). <b>Seeds</b> without distinct tails, flattened portion of testa well developed at each end; testa expanded, dorsiventrally flattened, loose. <b>2n</b> = 26.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Rocky slopes, ridges, and balds
|elevation=50-2000 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ga.;Ky.;N.C.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.;W.Va.
|discussion=<p>Large-flowered, large-leaved plants of <i>Rhododendron catawbiense</i> from eastern North Carolina have been named forma insularis Coker. Rare hybrids with <i>R. maximum</i> have been reported by A. E. Radford et al. (1968) (R. ×wellesleyanum Waterer ex Rehder); we have seen no specimens.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Rhododendron catawbiense
|authority=Michaux
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Ericaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Rocky slopes, ridges, and balds
|elevation=50-2000 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ga.;Ky.;N.C.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|publication year=
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_906.xml
|subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae
|genus=Rhododendron
|species=Rhododendron catawbiense
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