Rhododendron strigillosum

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

Rhododendron strigillosum (芒刺杜鹃) is a rhododendron species native to Sichuan and Yunnan in China, where it grows at altitudes of 1600–3800 meters. It is a shrub that grows to 2–5 m in height, with leathery leaves that are oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate, 8–16 by 2.2–4 cm in size. Flowers are red or white.

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