Pinxter Flower

Rhododendron periclymenoides (Michx.) Shinners

light
Sun–part
water
Medium
tall
2.1 m
wide
1.4 m

Ericaceae

Also called Pinkster flower, Pink azalea, Pinxterbloom Azalea

Formerly Azalea fulva, Azalea lutea, Azalea periclymena, Azalea periclymenoides, and 1 more

When it flowers

Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.

Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.

PetsNC State Extension lists it as toxic to dogs, cats and horses (25 Oct 2026)
PeopleNC State Extension lists it as mildly poisonous (bark, flowers, fruits, leaves, sap, stems) (25 Oct 2026)

If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.

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About it

Grows as
TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
Climate
TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
Wild in
Illinois to E. U.S.A.Kew's checklist, not yet checked
Light
Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Height
1.2 m to 3.0 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
Spread
1.2 m to 1.5 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
Water
Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
Flowers
White, pink, purpleRead from NC State Extension, one source

Not known yet: coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.

In other languages (3)

root
RHOPER
Czech
pěnišník nahokvětý
Estonian
paljaõieline rodo, paljaõieline rododendron, paljuõieline asalea

Where this comes from

A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.