Editing Azalea (section)

==Cultural significance and symbolism==
[[File:2014-05-17 10 24 50 Pink-purple-flowered and red-flowered Azaleas in front of an old house on Spruce Street (Mercer County Route 613) in Ewing, New Jersey.JPG|thumb|[[New Jersey]]]]
In Chinese culture, the azalea is known as "thinking of home bush" (''sixiang shu''), and is immortalized in the poetry of [[Du Fu]].

The azalea is also one of the symbols of the city of [[São Paulo]], [[Brazil]].<ref>[http://download.uol.com.br/educacao/diariooficial_11jul.pdf Municipal law of the city of São Paulo nr. 14472 of 2007].</ref>

Azaleas and rhododendrons were once so infamous for their toxicity that to receive a bouquet of their flowers in a black vase was a well-known death threat.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://selections.rockefeller.edu/stopping-to-smell-the-rhododendron/|title=Stopping to Smell the Rhododendron {{!}} Natural Selections|website=selections.rockefeller.edu|date=13 June 2013 |access-date=2020-08-14}}</ref>