Rhododendron watsonii

Rhododendron watsonii
Rhododendron watsonii var. rhododactylum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Rhododendron
Species: R. watsonii
Binomial name
Rhododendron watsonii
Hemsl. & E.H. Wilson
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Rhododendron watsonii (无柄杜鹃) is a rhododendron species native to southern Gansu and western Sichuan in China, where it grows at altitudes of 2500–3000 meters. It is a shrub or small tree that grows to 1.5–6 m in height, with leathery leaves that are oblong-elliptic to broadly oblanceolate or obovate, 10–33 by 4–10 cm in size. Flowers are white.

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