Rhododendron bureavii

Rhododendron bureavii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Rhododendron
Species: R. bureavii
Binomial name
Rhododendron bureavii
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Rhododendron bureavii is a rhododendron species native to western Sichuan and northern Yunnan, China, where it grows at altitudes of 2800–4500 meters. It is a shrub that grows to 1–4 m in height, with leathery leaves that are elliptic to obovate-oblong, 6–14 by 2.5–5 cm in size. Flowers are white to pink, with purple dots inside.

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