Rhododendron prunifolium

Not to be confused with Rhododendron pruniflorum.

Rhododendron prunifolium, the plumleaf azalea,^[3] 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 United States. Providence Canyon is one of the most popular places to view the plumleaf azalea in the wild.^[4]

Rhododendron prunifolium
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Rhododendron
Species:	R. prunifolium
Binomial name
Rhododendron prunifolium (Small) Millais[2]
Synonyms[2]
Azalea prunifolia Small