Rhododendron cuneatum

Rhododendron cuneatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Rhododendron
Species: R. cuneatum
Binomial name
Rhododendron cuneatum
W. W. Sm.
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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 2700-4300 meters. It is a shrub that grows to 2 m in height, with leaves that are narrowly to broadly elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, 1–7 × 0.5–2.8 cm in size. Flowers are deep purple to rose-lavender, rarely white, usually with darker marking.

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