Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Azalea californica T. & G.; Durand, Jour. Acad
Phila. 11. 3: 94. 1855.
Azalea occidentalis T. & G.; Torr. Pacif. R. R. Rep. 4: 116. 1857. Rhododendron occidentals A. Gray, Bot. Calif. 1: 458. 1876.
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A shrub 3 m. tall or less, with glabrous or sparingly soft-pubescent twigs; leaf-blades elliptic to oblongoblanceolate, 3-9 cm. long, acute or obtuse and abruptly gland-tipped, with short scattered hairs on both sides, or merely ciliate at mattu^ity, except the pubescent petiole; flowerclusters appearing after the leaves; pedicels glandular-pubescent; calyx-lobes oblong to ovate, ciliate, obtuse; corolla white or pink-tinged and with a yellow band on each lobe, 3.5-4.5 cm. long, the lobes acute or acutish; anthers 2.5-3 mm. long; capsules oblong or somewhat narrowed upward, 1-2 cm. long, pubescent.
Type locai^ity: Hills along Deer Creek, Nevada County, California. Distribution: Mountains of southern Oregon and California.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel Small, NathanieI Lord Britton, Per Axel Rydberg, LeRoy Abrams. 1914. ERICALES, CLETHRACEAE, LENNOACEAE, PTROLACEAE, MONOTROPACEAE, ERICACEAE, UVA-URSI. North American flora. vol 29(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
