Rhododendron decorum

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

Rhododendron decorum (大白杜鹃) is a rhododendron species native to Myanmar and Guizhou, Sichuan, Xizang, and Yunnan, China, where it grows at altitudes of 1000–3300 meters. It is a shrub or small tree that grows to 1–6 m in height, with leathery leaves that are oblong, oblong-ovate or oblong-elliptic, 5–19 by 3–11 cm in size. Flowers are white to pale pink.

Synonyms

• None recorded.

Tree tag of Rhododendron decorum tree

References

• "Rhododendron decorum", Franchet, Bull. Soc. Bot. France. 33: 230. 1886.
• The Plant List
• Flora of China
• Hirsutum.com