Rhododendron rigidum

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

Rhododendron rigidum (基毛杜鹃) is a rhododendron species native to Sichuan and Yunnan, China, where it grows at altitudes of 2000–3400 meters. It is a shrub that grows to 1–2 m in height, with leaves that are elliptic, oblong elliptic, oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate, 2.5–6.8 by 1–3.2 cm in size. Flowers are white to reddish purple.

Synonyms

• Rhododendron caeruleum H. Lév.
• Rhododendron eriandrum H. Lév. ex Hutch.
• Rhododendron hesperium Balf. f. & Forrest
• Rhododendron racemosum var. rigidum (Franch.) Rehnelt
• Rhododendron rarosquameum Balf. f.
• Rhododendron sycnanthum Balf. f. & W.W. Sm.

References

• "Rhododendron rigidum", Franchet, Bull. Soc. Bot. France. 33: 233. 1886.
• The Plant List
• Flora of China
• Hirsutum.com