| Rhododendron irroratum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Rhododendron |
| Species: | R. irroratum |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhododendron irroratum | |
Rhododendron irroratum (露珠杜鹃) is a rhododendron species native to northern Vietnam and western Guizhou, southwestern Sichuan, and northern and southeastern Yunnan, China, where it grows at altitudes of 1,700–3,500 m (5,600–11,500 ft). It is an erect evergreen shrub or small tree growing to 2–4 m (6.6–13.1 ft) in cultivation, but may be double that size in the wild.[1] The leathery leaves are oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 7–14 by 2–4 cm in size. The flowers are variable in colour, and may be white or yellowish to violet-rose, but always spotted with greenish or purple flecks.[1]
Heavily spotted pink form
References
- 1 2 "Rhododendron Subsect. Irroratum". Trees and Shrubs Online. International Dendrology Society. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- " Rhododendron irroratum", Franchet, Bull. Soc. Bot. France. 34: 280. 1887.
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