FNPS Plant Database

Rhododendron minus var. chapmanii

Chapman's rhododendron

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Nomenclature

Common Name:

Chapman's rhododendron

Synonym(s):

Genus species:

Rhododendron minus var. chapmanii

Family:

Ericaceae

Plant Specifics

Form:

shrub

Size:

3-6 ft tall by 3-6 ft wide

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

pink

Fruit Color:

NA

Phenology:

Deciduous. Blooms in spring before the new leaves come out.

Noted For:

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Specimen plant. Screen plant. Can be grown in a mass under trees.

Considerations:

Availability:

Propagation:

Cuttings, or divisions. Apparently seed is not a major form of reproduction.

Light:

Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded------------------------------------------------Extremely Dry

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9 ---to--- 11

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

1

Soil or Other Substrate:

Soil pH:

Highly acidic to acidic

Suitable to Grow In:

USDA zones are based on the average annual extreme minimum winter temperature.



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Ecology

Wildlife:

Text

Native Habitats:

Mesic flatwoods, scrubby flatwoods, seep slope. Ecotone between flatwoods and edges of titi swamps.

Natural Range in Florida:

Comments:

Ethnobotany:

General Comments:

Endemic to Florida



Listed as Endangered by the USFWS and FL 

Citations:

https://www.encyclopedia.com/environment/applied-and-social-sciences-magazines/rhododendron-chapmans 



Chapin, Linda.  2000.  Field guide to the rare plants of Florida.  Florida Natural Areas Inventory, Tallahassee, FL.   https://www.fnai.org/FieldGuide/pdf/Rhododendron_chapmanii.pdf



Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2021.  Atlas of Florida Plants  ( http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ).  Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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