Rhododendron fulvum

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

Rhododendron fulvum (镰果杜鹃) is a rhododendron species native to northern Myanmar, and southwest Sichuan, southeast Xizang, and western Yunnan in China, where it grows at altitudes of 2700–4400 meters. It is a shrub or small tree that grows to 2–8 m in height, with leathery leaves that are oblanceolate to oblong-lanceolate or obovate, 8–20 by 3–7.5 cm in size. Flowers are white to pink, with crimson basal blotch and sometimes red spots.

Synonyms

• None recorded.

References

• "Rhododendron fulvum", I. B. Balfour & W. W. Smith, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh. 10: 110. 1917.
• The Plant List
• Flora of China
• Hirsutum.com