Rhododendron prinophyllum (Small) Millais

Det. Kathleen A. Kron	1989
Examined for a Revision of Rhododendron sea. Pentanthera
Pontius & Bartley 1086
Approaching Rhod odendroii roseum Rehd.
-Such plants usually. a**®- tpjsed into
Rjt.	py into R. nudlflorum var •
f""land 1forum Rehd* Tn ke rbar ia * Without
ield ’notes on flower color (tub©, lobes
and blotch1*) it is impossible to estimate
the balance of genetic material entering
into such plants# My 1948 field work in
Virginia (and northward) indicates that
little, if any, genetically pur© material
of r©se\aa and nudiflorum is to be found
north of the mountains — and even there
they may be greatly mixed* This plant also
may have a tinge of cumberlandense * W.H.G.
/otb	^
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