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|accepted_name=Rhododendron periclymenoides
|accepted_authority=(Michaux) Shinners
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Castanea
|place=27: 95. 1962 ,
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|common_names=Pinxterbloom azalea;pinxter-flower;election-pink
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Azalea periclymenoides
|authority=Michaux
|rank=species
|publication_title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|publication_place=1: 151. 1803
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|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae;Rhododendron;Rhododendron periclymenoides
|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 periclymenoides]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 458, 469, 470
|treatment_page=page 468
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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) or such hairs ± absent, otherwise glabrous or sparsely unicellular-hairy. <b>Leaves</b> deciduous; petiole multicellular eglandular-hairy and unicellular-hairy; blade ovate to obovate, 3–9(–12.5) × 1.4–3.8(–5) cm, thin, membranous, margins entire, plane, ciliate, eglandular-hairy, often strikingly so, apex acute to obtuse, often mucronate, abaxial surface often glabrous or, sometimes, sparsely unicellular-hairy, sometimes sparsely eglandular-hairy, adaxial surface sometimes scattered eglandular-hairy, otherwise glabrous or, sometimes, sparsely unicellular-hairy. <b>Floral</b> bud scales usually glabrous abaxially, margins unicellular-ciliate. <b>Inflorescences</b> 6–15-flowered; bracts similar to bud scales. <b>Pedicels</b> 4–19 mm, eglandular-hairy, otherwise glabrous or sparsely unicellular-hairy. <b>Flowers</b> opening before or with leaves, erect to horizontal, slightly fragrant; calyx lobes 0.5–2.5(–4) mm, surfaces and margins scattered, eglandular- and/or, rarely, stipitate-glandular-hairy, otherwise glabrous or moderately unicellular-hairy; corolla deep pink to white with pink tube, without blotch on upper lobe, funnelform, 23–45 mm, scattered, multicellular eglandular-hairy and/or, less commonly, multicellular stipitate-glandular-hairy (hairs not forming distinct lines), otherwise sparsely to moderately unicellular-hairy on outer surface, petals connate, lobes 9–25 mm, tube usually gradually expanded into lobes, 12–27 mm (equaling or longer than lobes); stamens 5, much exserted, ± unequal, 32–68 mm. <b>Capsules</b> borne on erect pedicels, 10–30 × 3–6.5 mm, eglandular-hairy, otherwise glabrous or sparsely unicellular-hairy. <b>Seeds</b> without distinct tails; testa rather close, but ± loose. <b>2n</b> = 26.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Mixed, dry to moist woods, often along streams, thickets, swamps
|elevation=0-1000 m
|distribution=Ala.;Conn.;Del.;Ga.;Ky.;Md.;Mass.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.
|discussion=<p><i>Rhododendron periclymenoides</i> is most similar to <i>R. canescens</i>, from which it can be distinguished by its less hairy leaves and bud scales, more gradually expanded corolla tube, and usually eglandular corolla indumentum; plants with stipitate-glandular hairs on the corolla occur sporadically throughout the range of this species (K. A. Kron 1993). Occasional hybridization with <i>R. atlanticum</i>, <i>R. canescens</i>, and <i>R. prinophyllum</i> probably occurs. The name R. nudiflorum Torrey has been incorrectly applied to this species; that name was superfluous when published and applies to R. luteum.</p>
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name=Rhododendron periclymenoides
|authority=(Michaux) Shinners
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Azalea periclymenoides
|family=Ericaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Mixed, dry to moist woods, often along streams, thickets, swamps
|elevation=0-1000 m
|distribution=Ala.;Conn.;Del.;Ga.;Ky.;Md.;Mass.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Castanea
|publication year=
|special status=Endemic
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|subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae
|genus=Rhododendron
|species=Rhododendron periclymenoides
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