[The Heath Family in Mt. Adams Country]

False Azalea, Fool's-huckleberry, Fool's Huckleberry, Mock Azalea

Rhododendron menziesii

Synonyms: Menziesia ferruginea, Menziesia ferruginea ssp. ferruginea, Menziesia ferruginea ssp. glabella, Menziesia ferruginea var. ferruginea, Menziesia ferruginea var. glabella, Menziesia glabella

Flower of False Azalea, Fool's-huckleberry, Fool's Huckleberry: Rhododendron menziesii (Synonyms: Menziesia ferruginea, Menziesia ferruginea ssp. ferruginea, Menziesia ferruginea ssp. glabella, Menziesia ferruginea var. ferruginea, Menziesia ferruginea var. glabella, Menziesia glabella)

The photo above shows a pendant, brownish flower of fool's huckleberry. Photographed along the northern boundary of the Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness near Mt. Misery..........July 7, 2008.

False Azalea, Fool's-huckleberry, Fool's Huckleberry: Rhododendron menziesii (Synonyms: Menziesia ferruginea, Menziesia ferruginea ssp. ferruginea, Menziesia ferruginea ssp. glabella, Menziesia ferruginea var. ferruginea, Menziesia ferruginea var. glabella, Menziesia glabella)

The photo above shows the pendant flowers and hairy leaves of fool's huckleberry. Photographed along the northern boundary of the Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness near Mt. Misery........July 7, 2008.

False Azalea, Fool's-huckleberry, Fool's Huckleberry: Rhododendron menziesii (Synonyms: Menziesia ferruginea, Menziesia ferruginea ssp. ferruginea, Menziesia ferruginea ssp. glabella, Menziesia ferruginea var. ferruginea, Menziesia ferruginea var. glabella, Menziesia glabella)

The photo above shows the pendant flowers and hairy leaves of fool's huckleberry. Photographed along the northern boundary of the Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness near Mt. Misery..........July 7, 2008.

False Azalea, Fool's-huckleberry, Fool's Huckleberry: Rhododendron menziesii (Synonyms: Menziesia ferruginea, Menziesia ferruginea ssp. ferruginea, Menziesia ferruginea ssp. glabella, Menziesia ferruginea var. ferruginea, Menziesia ferruginea var. glabella, Menziesia glabella)

The photo above shows fool's huckleberry as seen west of Indian Heaven in the Gifford Pinchot NF............July 1988. Note the bronze, bell-shaped flowers and athe clusters of leaves which are similar to those of white rhododendron.

Fool's Huckleberry: - Shrubs from 1-3 meters high with alternate, hairy leaves, atlthough the deciduous leaves may appear whorled. The small flowers are nodding and brownish or copper-colored.


Paul Slichter