Plumleaf azalea
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The plumleaf azalea, Rhododendron prunifolium, is a wild azalea
that grows only in a few counties along the Georgia-Alabama border in the Chattahoochee River
Valley. It is considered the rarest azalea in the Eastern US. Providence Canyon is one of the most popular places to view the plumleaf azalea in the wild.
Azalea
Azaleas are flowering shrubs comprising two of the eight subgenera of the genus Rhododendron, Pentanthera and Tsutsuji . Azaleas bloom in spring, their flowers often lasting several weeks...
that grows only in a few counties along the Georgia-Alabama border in the Chattahoochee River
Chattahoochee River
The Chattahoochee River flows through or along the borders of the U.S. states of Georgia, Alabama, and Florida. It is a tributary of the Apalachicola River, a relatively short river formed by the confluence of the Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers and emptying into Apalachicola Bay in the Gulf of...
Valley. It is considered the rarest azalea in the Eastern US. Providence Canyon is one of the most popular places to view the plumleaf azalea in the wild.