Swamp or Clammy Azalea; Swamp Honeysuckle
Rhododendron viscosum
Heath Family
A thicket forming deciduous azalea, similar to Sweet Azalea but smaller (up to 8 ft.) and the flowers are more spicy fragrant. The corolla tubes are hairy and very sticky. Favors swamps or moist wooded bottoms. Blooms in early summer. photo... May 29, 2004, Pisgah Forest.