Rhododendron araiophyllum

Rhododendron araiophyllum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Rhododendron
Species: R. araiophyllum
Binomial name
Rhododendron araiophyllum
Balf. f. & W.W. Sm.

Rhododendron araiophyllum (窄叶杜鹃) is a rhododendron species native to northeast Myanmar and northeastern and western Yunnan, China, where it grows at altitudes of 1900–3400 meters. It is a shrub that grows to 1–4 m in height, with leatherly leaves that are elliptic-lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate, 5–11 by 1.3–3 cm in size. Flowers are predominantly white.

Synonyms

  • None recorded.

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