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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Subfamily:	Ericoideae
Genus:	Rhododendron
Subgenus:	Rhododendron
Section:	Rhododendron
Subsection:	Carolinianum
Species:	R. minus
Binomial name
*Rhododendron minus* Michx.
Synonyms
Rhododendron cuthbertii Small Rhododendron punctatum Andrews

Rhododendron minus, the Piedmont rhododendron, is a rhododendron species native to Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama. It has two subspecies: Rhododendron minus var. chapmanii and Rhododendron minus var. minus (the latter also known as Rhododendron carolinianum).

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