Wildflowers Found in Oregon

Pacific Rhododendron

Rhododendron macrophyllum - Locally common, late spring-early summer, perennial, 3-15 ft. Coastal, west-side forest. Large shrub with erect and spreading branches and thick twigs. Leaves evergreen, 3-8 in. long, oblong, leathery, entire, with sunken midvein, upper side dark green. Flowers pink to rose-purple, 1-1 1/2 in,; 5 petals fused at base form a wide shallow bell with tips spreading wide. Grows in moist to dry coniferous forests from coast to high elevations.