Rhododendron hippophaeoides
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Rhododendron hippophaeoides Balf. f. & W.W. Sm.
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Rhododendron hippophaeoides (灰背杜鹃) is a species of Rhododendron, subgenus Rhododendron (scaly or lepidote rhododendrons), subsection Lapponica. It is a small shrub, up to 4 feet (1.2 m) tall at maturity, native to altitudes of 2400–4800 meters in southwest Sichuan and many parts of Yunnan, China. Leaves are up to 1.5 inches long, gray-green above, and with overlapping yellowish-buff scales below. Flowers are bright rose or lavender-blue to bluish purple, or (rarely) white.
References
- I. B. Balfour & W. W. Smith, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 9(44-45): 236-237 236 1916.
- Cullen, J. 1980. "A revision of Rhododendron. I. Subgenus Rhododendron sections Rhododendron & Pogonanthum", Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh, 39:96–97.
- The Plant List entry
- USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) entry
- Efloras entry
- Rosebay entry