Rhododendron periclymenoides(Michx.) Shinners

Pinxter Flower

WFO wfo-0001047079 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Rhododendron periclymenoides, photographed by Alina Martin
fig. a Alina Martin, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-27 / obs. 202854641
Rhododendron periclymenoides, photographed by Craig Martin
fig. b Craig Martin, CC0 1.0 / obs. 200348733
Rhododendron periclymenoides, photographed by Allen Browne
fig. c Allen Browne, CC0 1.0 / obs. 198589171
Rhododendron periclymenoides, photographed by Ana Ka'ahanui
fig. d Ana Ka'ahanui, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194165510
Rhododendron periclymenoides, photographed by Ana Ka'ahanui
fig. e Ana Ka'ahanui, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194164690
Rhododendron periclymenoides, photographed by Jason K.
fig. f Jason K., CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197615194
Rhododendron periclymenoides, photographed by Craig Martin
fig. g Craig Martin, CC0 1.0 / obs. 197516538
Rhododendron periclymenoides, photographed by Sol Matthew Pombuena
fig. h Sol Matthew Pombuena, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197105002

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Flowering n = 1,167 observations

Peak flowering in Apr, from 1,167 community-annotated observations worldwide. This is a global aggregate, not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres, and citizen-science records cluster near cities, at weekends, and in spring. Where a species has fewer than 30 annotated records we do not draw this chart at all.

Also published as 22 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Anthodendron nudiflorum Rchb.
  • Azalea lutea L.
  • Azalea nudiflora L.
  • Azalea nudiflora f. alba Aiton
  • Azalea nudiflora f. glandifera Porter
  • Azalea nudiflora var. alba Aiton
  • Azalea nudiflora var. carnea Aiton
  • Azalea nudiflora var. glandifera Porter
  • Azalea nudiflora var. partita Aiton
  • Azalea nudiflora var. polyandra (Pursh) DC.
  • Azalea nudiflora var. rutilans Aiton
  • Azalea periclymena Pers.
  • Azalea periclymenoides Michx.
  • Azalea periclymenoides var. alba (Aiton) Pursh
  • Azalea periclymenoides var. carnea (Aiton) Pursh
  • Azalea periclymenoides var. partita (Aiton) Pursh
  • Azalea periclymenoides var. polyandra Pursh
  • Azalea periclymenoides var. rutilans (Aiton) Pursh
  • Rhododendron nudiflorum (L.) Torr.
  • Rhododendron nudiflorum f. glandiferum (Porter) Fernald
  • Rhododendron nudiflorum f. nudiflorum
  • Rhododendron periclymenoides f. album (Aiton) C.F.Reed

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.