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|accepted_name=Rhododendron alabamense
|accepted_authority=Rehder in E. H. Wilson and A. J. Rehder
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in E. H. Wilson and A. J. Rehder, Monogr. Azaleas,
|place=141. 1921 ,
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|common_names=Alabama azalea
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Azalea alabamensis
|authority=(Rehder) Ashe
|rank=species
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|hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae;Rhododendron;Rhododendron alabamense
|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 alabamense]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 458, 469, 473
|treatment_page=page 467
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> to 3(–5) m, usually not rhizomatous. <b>Stems</b>: bark smooth to vertically furrowed, shredding; twigs scattered, multicellular eglandular-hairy (hairs unbranched), otherwise glabrous or moderately unicellular-hairy. <b>Leaves</b> deciduous; petiole unicellular- and stipitate-glandular-hairy; blade ovate to obovate, 4–7.7(–9.4) × 1.2–2.5(–3.3) cm, thin, membranous, margins entire, plane, ciliate, eglandular-hairy, apex acute to obtuse, often mucronate, abaxial surface glabrous or unicellular-hairy, adaxial surface usually scattered eglandular-hairy, usually also unicellular-hairy. <b>Floral</b> bud scales glabrous or glabrate abaxially, margins unicellular-ciliate. <b>Inflorescences</b> 6–7-flowered; bracts similar to bud scales. <b>Pedicels</b> 4–12 mm, eglandular- and/or stipitate-glandular-hairy, otherwise glabrous or moderately unicellular-hairy. <b>Flowers</b> opening before or with leaves, erect to horizontal, very fragrant; calyx lobes 0.1–3 mm, scattered eglandular-hairy and/or stipitate-glandular-hairy, otherwise sparsely to moderately unicellular-hairy, margins eglandular-hairy; corolla white, sometimes pink-tinged, with contrasting yellow blotch on upper lobe, funnelform, 25–42 mm, scattered stipitate-glandular-hairy (hairs often continuing in lines up lobes), otherwise sparsely to moderately unicellular-hairy on outer surface, petals connate, lobes 9–21 mm, tube usually ± gradually expanded into lobes, 15–31 mm (longer than lobes); stamens 5, much exserted, ± unequal, 37–69 mm. <b>Capsules</b> borne on erect pedicels, 14–22 × 3–4 mm, sparsely to moderately multicellular eglandular-hairy, otherwise moderately to densely unicellular-hairy. <b>Seeds</b> without distinct tails; testa expanded, dorsiventrally flattened, ± loose. <b>2n</b> = 26.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Open, dry woodlands, rocky slopes
|elevation=0-500 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;Miss.;Tenn.
|discussion=<p><i>Rhododendron alabamense</i> may be most closely related to a clade containing orange-red-flowered species (K. A. Kron 1993). This species has sometimes been confused with <i>R. eastmanii</i>; <i>R. alabamense</i> flowers before or as the leaves expand whereas <i>R. eastmanii</i> flowers after the leaves have expanded. Hybrids with <i>R. canescens</i> are known.</p>
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name=Rhododendron alabamense
|authority=Rehder in E. H. Wilson and A. J. Rehder
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Azalea alabamensis
|basionyms=
|family=Ericaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Open, dry woodlands, rocky slopes
|elevation=0-500 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;Miss.;Tenn.
|reference=None
|publication title=in E. H. Wilson and A. J. Rehder, Monogr. Azaleas,
|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_913.xml
|subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae
|genus=Rhododendron
|species=Rhododendron alabamense
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