Rhododendron thayerianum
Appearance
Rhododendron thayerianum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Ericaceae |
Genus: | Rhododendron |
Species: | R. thayerianum
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Binomial name | |
Rhododendron thayerianum Rehder & E.H.Wilson (1913)
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Rhododendron thayerianum (反边杜鹃) is a rhododendron species native to western Sichuan in China, where it grows at elevations of 2,600–3,000 m (8,500–9,800 ft). It is an evergreen shrub that grows to 3–4 m (9.8–13.1 ft) in height, with leathery leaves that are narrowly oblanceolate, and 9–17 × 1.5–2.5 cm in size. The flowers are white, sometimes deeply flushed pink on the outside along the petal ridges, or pink. It flowers quite late in the season, in June and July.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Rhododendron thayerianum". Trees and Shrubs Online. International Dendrology Society. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- Rehder & E. H. Wilson in Sargent, Pl. Wilson. 1: 529. 1913.