Rhododendron cuneatum
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Rhododendron |
| Species: | R. cuneatum
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Rhododendron cuneatum (楔叶杜鹃) is a rhododendron species native to northern and western Yunnan and southwestern Sichuan in China, where it grows at altitudes of 2,700–4,300 m (8,900–14,100 ft). It is an erect evergreen shrub that grows 4–6 ft (1.2–1.8 m) in height, with leaves that are narrowly to broadly elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, 1–7 × 0.5–2.8 cm in size. The flowers are usually a deep rose colour.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Rhododendron cuneatum". Trees and Shrubs Online. International Dendrology Society. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- W. W. Smith 1914. Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh. 8(38): 200-201
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