Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-  Plate No. 650

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-COMMON_NAMES-Purple Rhododendron
-GENUS-Rhododendron
-SPECIES-Rhododendron ponticum
-CLASS-Decandria
-ORDER-Monogynia
-AUTHORITY-Linnaeus

-MODERN_GENUS-Rhododendron
-MODERN_SPECIES-Rhododendron ponticum
-MODERN_FAMILY-Ericaceae

-PLANT_TYPE-shrub
-COLOR-   pink-lilac to purple, ususally with green-yellow spots
-SEASON-late spring
-NATIVE_REGION-E Mediterraean
-ZONE-6

-SOURCE-The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME-18
-PUB_DATE-1803
-REISSUED-  __
-EDITOR-John Sims
-ARTIST-S. Edwards, Sansum
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