Botanical name: Rhododendron vaseyi
Common name: Pinkshell Azalea
Family: Ericaceae
Origin: North America
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Rhododendron vaseyi is among the first and most beautiful spring-flowering native azaleas to bloom with masses of light pink bell-shaped flowers on leafless stems. It is endemic to North Carolina in the United States, where it is known only from the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Similar plants: Rhododendron vaseyi (Pinkshell Azalea)
- Rhododendron arborescens (Smooth Azalea)
- Rhododendron austrinum (Florida Azalea)
- Rhododendron canescens (Wild Honeysuckle)
- Rhododendron forrestii (Azalea)
- Rhododendron hippophaeoides (Hippophaeoides Rhododendron)
- Rhododendron impeditum (Dwarf Rhododendron)
- Rhododendron kiusianum (Kyushu azalea)
- Rhododendron laetum (Vireya Rhododendron)
- Rhododendron lochiae (Australian Rhododendron)
- Rhododendron luteum (Yellow azalea)
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