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Rhododendron catawbiense, Pursh. Figs. 3385, 3386. Shrub, 6 ft. 
high, rarely 20 ft.: lvs. rounded at base, oval to oblong, usually 
obtuse and mucronulate, glaucous beneath, 3-5 in. long: clusters 
many-fld.; pedicels rusty pubescent; corolla broadly campanulate, with 
broad roundish lobes, lilac-purple, about 1 1/2 in. across; ovary rusty 
tomentose. June. Va. to Ga., in the mountains. B.M. 1671. L.B.C. 
12:1176. Gn.M.2:18. F.E. 17:312 (pl.71). M.D.G. 1902:381. G.W. 4, p. 
97. G. 37:391. —One of the most beautiful of native shrubs, covering 
extensive tracts of land on the higher mountains of the 
southern Alleghanies. Hardy as far north as New England.
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