Florida Flame Azalea is also known as Wild Honeysuckle and Florida Honeysuckle.

Plant is a shrub originally developed as a hybrid but has escaped to the wild. No efforts were made to retrieve it, nor was there a reason to prevent its spreading. Preferred habitat is rich woods, stream banks and savannas. Distribution is occasional throughout the Escambia region.

Leaves are alternate on the flowering stem; short stalked, widest at the middle to lance shaped, sometimes slightly toothed; tapers to the tip with sides less than equal. Base of leaf forms an angle to the left and is pinched.

Flowers are in terminal clusters; bisexual in nature and symmetrical in form. The calyx is five lobed; the corolla is five parted and nearly funnel-shaped. The color is bright yellow or pink in color with pink, white or rose streaks; often with a white or yellow spot in the throat. There will be five to ten stamens that extend beyond the corolla. Flowers occur in early spring before the leaf emerges.

Fruit is a capsule.

This azalea is rare in a native environment. The wild azalea seen most often seen at roadside in various shades of pink is R. canescens.