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 1700–3500 meters. It is a shrub or small tree that grows to 2–9 m in height, with leathery leaves that are oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 7–14 by 2–4 cm in size. Flowers are white or yellowish to violet-rose, with greenish or purple flecks.

Rhododendron irroratum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Ericales
Family:
Ericaceae
Genus:
Rhododendron
Species:
R. irroratum
Binomial name
Rhododendron irroratum

Synonyms
  • None recorded.

References


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