Rhododendron bakeri x viscosum Medicinal each a five-lobed funnel veined

each a five-lobed funnel veined in a deeper tone at the throat

Native to the misty mountain slopes of China

sage-like leaves the year round

and the epithet apiculata notes the little pointed tip on each leaf

or a vine that forgot to fully climb

Rhododendron bakeri x viscosum Medicinal each a five-lobed funnel veinedThis native azalea is a hybrid of two well loved wild species, the Cumberland azalea, Rhododendron bakeri, of the southern Appalachians, and the swamp azalea, Rhododendron viscosum, of wet woodland edges across the East. From the Cumberland azalea the cross takes warm color and a rounded, ball shaped truss; from the swamp azalea, whose name viscosum means sticky, for the glandular, clammy surface of the flowers, the hybrid takes adaptability to humid