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The Living Forest (459) : Honeysuckle Azalea

The Living Forest (459) : Honeysuckle Azalea

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Mark Billiau.


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The Living Forest (459) : Honeysuckle Azalea

Honeysuckle azalea is a huge shrub native to southeastern Europe and southwest Asia.
The bright yellow flowers are strongly perfumed, but -what is generally little known- their nectar is toxic !

The shrub is widely cultivated in western Europe but is also locally naturalised and colonised in mainly wet forests.

Dutch name : Bosazalea
German name : Pontische Azalee (auch Gelbe Alpenrose genannt)
Latin name : Azalea pontica (syn. Rhododendron luteum)

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