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torch azalea

Rhododendron kaempferi

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Japan.January 0, February 0, March 1, April 40, May 48, June 13, July 0, August 0, September 1, October 1, November 0, December 0.
Japan104
Tokyo32
United States11
Miyagi10
Canada7
British Columbia7
Saitama7
Tochigi7
Nagano7
Kanagawa6

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderHeathers, Balsams, Primroses, and Allies · Ericales
Familyheath family · Ericaceae
Genusrhododendrons and azaleas · Rhododendron

Study it in a deck

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise torch azalea with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.