Rhododendron yunnanense
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| Rhododendron yunnanense | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Rhododendron |
| Species: | R. yunnanense
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| Rhododendron yunnanense | |
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Rhododendron yunnanense (云南杜鹃) is a species of rhododendron native to Myanmar and Guizhou, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, and Yunnan, China, where it grows at altitudes of 2200–3600 meters. It is a shrub that grows to 1–2 m in height, with leaves that are oblong, lanceolate, oblong-lanceolate or obovate, 2.5–7 by 0.8–3m in size. Flowers are white, pale red, or pale purple. In cultivation in the UK the cultivar 'Openwood' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[1][2] The flowers are a pale lavender with a crimson spotted throat.
References
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- ↑ "RHS Plantfinder - Rhododendron yunnanense 'Openwood'". Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ↑ "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 85. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- "Rhododendron yunnanense", Franchet, Bull. Soc. Bot. France. 33: 232. 1886.
- The Plant List
- Flora of China
- Hirsutum.com
- Danish Soc. of ARS