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Rhododendron occidentale

Index Rhododendron occidentale

Rhododendron occidentale, the western azalea or California azalea, is one of two deciduous Rhododendron species native to western North America (the other is Rhododendron albiflorum). [1]

32 relations: Asa Gray, Asterids, Azalea, Cascade Range, Cypripedium californicum, Darlingtonia californica, Deciduous, Douglas County, Oregon, Ericaceae, Ericales, Eudicots, Exbury Gardens, Flower, Flowering plant, John Torrey, Josephine County, Oregon, Lake Wilderness Arboretum, Leaf, Lincoln County, Oregon, Maple Valley, Washington, North America, Oregon, Plant, Rhododendron, Rhododendron macrophyllum, Rhododendron sect. Pentanthera, Rhododendron subg. Pentanthera, Shrub, Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Siskiyou Mountains, Veitch Nurseries, William Lobb.

Asa Gray

Asa Gray (November 18, 1810 – January 30, 1888) is considered the most important American botanist of the 19th century.

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Asterids

In the APG IV system (2016) for the classification of flowering plants, the name asterids denotes a clade (a monophyletic group).

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Azalea

Azaleas are flowering shrubs in the genus Rhododendron, particularly the former sections Tsutsuji (evergreen) and Pentanthera (deciduous).

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Cascade Range

The Cascade Range or Cascades is a major mountain range of western North America, extending from southern British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to Northern California.

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Cypripedium californicum

The California lady's slipper (Cypripedium californicum) is a member of the orchid genus Cypripedium, the lady's slipper orchids.

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Darlingtonia californica

Darlingtonia californica, also called the California pitcher plant, cobra lily, or cobra plant, is a species of carnivorous plant, the sole member of the genus Darlingtonia in the family Sarraceniaceae.

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Deciduous

In the fields of horticulture and botany, the term deciduous (/dɪˈsɪdʒuəs/) means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, after flowering; and to the shedding of ripe fruit.

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Douglas County, Oregon

Douglas County is a county in the U.S. state of Oregon.

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Ericaceae

The Ericaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the heath or heather family, found most commonly in acid and infertile growing conditions.

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Ericales

The Ericales are a large and diverse order of dicotyledons, including, for example, tea, persimmon, blueberry, Brazil nut, and azalea.

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Eudicots

The eudicots, Eudicotidae or eudicotyledons are a clade of flowering plants that had been called tricolpates or non-magnoliid dicots by previous authors.

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Exbury Gardens

Exbury Gardens is a famous garden in Hampshire, England, which belongs to a branch of the Rothschild family.

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Flower

A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also called angiosperms).

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Flowering plant

The flowering plants, also known as angiosperms, Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants, with 416 families, approximately 13,164 known genera and c. 295,383 known species.

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John Torrey

John Torrey (August 15, 1796 – March 10, 1873) was an American botanist, chemist, and physician.

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Josephine County, Oregon

Josephine County is a county in the U.S. state of Oregon.

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Lake Wilderness Arboretum

Lake Wilderness Arboretum (40 acres), known for a time as the South King County Arboretum, is an arboretum in Maple Valley, Washington.

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Leaf

A leaf is an organ of a vascular plant and is the principal lateral appendage of the stem.

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Lincoln County, Oregon

Lincoln County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oregon.

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Maple Valley, Washington

Maple Valley is a city in King County, Washington, United States.

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North America

North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere; it is also considered by some to be a northern subcontinent of the Americas.

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Oregon

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region on the West Coast of the United States.

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Plant

Plants are mainly multicellular, predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae.

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Rhododendron

Rhododendron (from Ancient Greek ῥόδον rhódon "rose" and δένδρον déndron "tree") is a genus of 1,024 species of woody plants in the heath family (Ericaceae), either evergreen or deciduous, and found mainly in Asia, although it is also widespread throughout the highlands of the Appalachian Mountains of North America.

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Rhododendron macrophyllum

Rhododendron macrophyllum, the Pacific rhododendron, California rosebay, California rhododendron, coast rhododendron or big leaf rhododendron, is a large-leaved species of Rhododendron native to the Pacific Coast of North America.

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Rhododendron sect. Pentanthera

Rhododendron sect.

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Rhododendron subg. Pentanthera

Rhododendron subgenus Pentanthera was a subgenus of the genus Rhododendron.

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Shrub

A shrub or bush is a small to medium-sized woody plant.

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Sierra Nevada (U.S.)

The Sierra Nevada (snowy saw range) is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin.

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Siskiyou Mountains

The Siskiyou Mountains are a coastal subrange of the Klamath Mountains, and located in northwestern California and southwestern Oregon in the United States.

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Veitch Nurseries

The Veitch Nurseries were the largest group of family-run plant nurseries in Europe during the 19th century.

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William Lobb

William Lobb (1809 – 3 May 1864) was a Cornish plant collector, employed by Veitch Nurseries of Exeter, who was responsible for the commercial introduction to England of Araucaria araucana (the monkey-puzzle tree) from Chile and the massive Sequoiadendron giganteum (Wellingtonia) from North America.

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California azalea, Western azalea.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhododendron_occidentale

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