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Rhododendron carolinianum, Rehd. (R. punctatum, Small, not Andr.). Shrub, to 6 ft., usually low and compact: lvs. oval to narrow-elliptic, acutish or shortly and abruptly acuminate, broadly cuneate at the base, glabrous above, ferrugineous-lepidote beneath, often very densely so, 2-3 in. long: fls. in dense 5-10-fld. heads, broadly funnelform-campanulate, about 1 1/2 in. across, pale rosy purple or rarely whitish, not or only slightly spotted; tube gradually widened, as long or shorter than the ovate lobes, glabrous or nearly so outside. May, June. N. C. B.R. 37. G. 31:619 (as R. punctatum).-On account of its compact habit and larger fls. superior as an ornamental plant to the preceding.
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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