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Rhododendron cuneatum

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Rhododendron cuneatum
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R. cuneatum
Binomial name
Rhododendron cuneatum
W. W. Sm.

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.

Synonyms

  • Rhododendron calcicolum
  • Rhododendron cheilanthum
  • Rhododendron cinereum
  • Rhododendron habaense
  • Rhododendron ravum
  • Rhododendron sclerocladum

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