Base de datos de plantas del FNPS

Rhododendron canescens

wild azalea, Piedmont azalea, pinxter azalea
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • 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

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

wild azalea, Piedmont azalea, pinxter azalea

Sinónimo(s):

Especie del género:

Rhododendron canescens

Familia:

Ericaceae

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

shrub

Tamaño:

10-15 ft tall by 10-15 ft wide

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

pink

Color de la fruta:

brown

Fenología:

Deciduous; blooms in mid-spring. Life span approx. 50 yrs. (Nelson 2003).

Destacado por:

Showy Flowers, Aroma/Showy Fruitsagrance

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

Specimen plant, thicket, or natural background plantings.

Consideraciones:

Disponibilidad:

Native Nurseries, FNPS Plant Sales

Propagación:

Seed or division.

Luz:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Tolerancia a la humedad:

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

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Usually moist, occasional inundation -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

pH del suelo:

Highly acidic to acidic

Apto para cultivo en:

8A,8B,9A,9B

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

Ecología

Fauna:

Pollinators, Hummingbirds

Attracts pollinators, especially bumble bees.

Attracts hummingbirds.

Hábitats nativos:

Upland hardwood forests, flatwoods, by swamps, bluffs, slope forests, secondary woods.

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

Poisonous if eaten.

Comentarios generales:

FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. (Undated). Plant Database: Rhododendron canescens (Mountain azalea). ( https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=rhca7 ). Accessed 2026. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX.


Haehle, Robert G. and Joan Brookwell. (1999). Native Florida Plants. Gulf Publishing Company. Houston, TX.


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


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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