Rhododendron vaseyi (Pinkshell Azalea)

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)