Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-    Plate No. 180

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-COMMON_NAMES-Scarlet Azalea
-GENUS-Azalea
-SPECIES-Azalea nudiflora var. Coccinea
-CLASS-Pentandria
-ORDER-Monogynia
-AUTHORITY-Linnaeus

-MODERN_GENUS-Rhododendron
-MODERN_SPECIES-Rhododendron calendir laceum
-MODERN_FAMILY-Ericaceae

-PLANT_TYPE-shrub
-COLOR-orange, red, yellow, or more rarely, pink
-SEASON-late spring
-NATIVE_REGION-Virgina, N. Carolina, Tennesee, Georgia
-ZONE-5

-SOURCE-The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME-5
-PUB_DATE-1792
-REISSUED-1796
-EDITOR-William Curtis
-ARTIST-S. Edwards
-NALPCD-Disc 0645 IMG0047.PCD