Base de datos de plantas del FNPS

Rhododendron austrinum

orange azalea, Florida azalea
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Eleanor Dietrich, Magnolia Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Eleanor Dietrich, Magnolia Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Eleanor Dietrich, Magnolia Chapter FNPS

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

orange azalea, Florida azalea

Sinónimo(s):

Especie del género:

Rhododendron austrinum

Familia:

Ericaceae

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

shrub

Tamaño:

3-10 ft tall by 3-8 ft wide

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

orange

Color de la fruta:

brown

Fenología:

Deciduous. Blooms spring. Life span likely less than 50 years (Nelson 2003).

Destacado por:

Showy Flowers

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

Specimen plant. Can form large patches if allowed to do so.

Consideraciones:

Poisonous if ingested.

Disponibilidad:

Big Box Stores, Quality Nurseries, Native Nurseries, FNPS Plant Sales, Specialty Provider, Seed, Friends

Propagación:

Luz:

Part Sun

Tolerancia a la humedad:

Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco

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Somewhat moist, no flooding -a- Not wet but not extremely dry

Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:

Unknown

Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Suelo u otro sustrato:

Sand, Loam

pH del suelo:

Highly acidic to acidic

Apto para cultivo en:

8A,8B

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Acreditado en:

Distribution
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Map coded by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes (Paynes Prairie Chapter)

Ecología

Fauna:

Pollinators, Hummingbirds

Attracts pollinators, especially bees.

Attracts hummingbirds.

Hábitats nativos:

Slope forest, upland mixed forest, upland hardwood forest, bottomland forest. Rare.

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

Comentarios generales:

FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

Nelson, Gil. (2003). Florida's Best Landscape Plants: 200 Readily Available Species for Homeowners and Professionals. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.


Traas, Pamela. (2001). Gardening for Florida's Butterflies. Great Outdoors Publishing Co., St. Petersburg, FL.


University of Tennessee Extension Service. (2010). Desired pH Range and salt tolerance of common nursery plants. ( https://plantsciences.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2021/10/Desired-pH-Range-List.pdf ). Accessed 2026. University of Tennessee Extension, Knoxville.


Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. (1999+). Atlas of Florida Plants. ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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