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
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.
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.
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.
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