208 PINK TO MAGENTA 



WILD AZALEA: Pinxter Flower: Wild Honey- 

 suckle: Pink or Purple Azalea. 



Rhododendron nudiflorum. 



Heath Family. May June. 



A shrub 2-6 feet high, found in open woods, 

 swamps. Massachusetts to Florida, west to 

 Illinois, Missouri, Texas. 



FLOWERS Crimson-pink to nearly white, the base 

 of the long, narrow tube deeper in 

 color, divisions 5, 6 long, protruding 

 filaments; flowers borne in small, ter- 

 minal clusters, opening with or before 

 the leaves. 



LEAVES Usually clustered, tapering at each 

 end. 



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