Rhododendron keleticum

Rhododendron keleticum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Rhododendron
Species: R. keleticum
Binomial name
Rhododendron keleticum
Balf. f. & Forrest
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Rhododendron keleticum (独龙杜鹃) is a rhododendron species native to southeast Xizang and northwest Yunnan, China, as well as Myanmar, where it grows at altitudes of 3000–3900 meters. It is a small shrub that grows 0.05–0.3 m in height, with leathery leaves, elliptic-lanceolate, elliptic, or ovate in shape, 0.6–2 by 0.3–1 cm in size. Flowers are pale purplish red or green tinged with red.

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