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Rhododendron adenosum (枯鲁杜鹃) is a rhododendron species native to southwestern Sichuan, China, where it grows at altitudes of 3300–3600 meters. It is a shrub that typically grows to 4 meters in height, with leaves that are ovate to lanceolate or elliptic, and 7–10.5 × 2.4–3.4 cm in size. Flowers are pale pink with purple flecks.
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About the genus · Rhododendron
Rhododendron, from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon), meaning "rose", and δένδρον (déndron), meaning "tree", is a very large genus of about 1,024 species of woody plants in the heath family (Ericaceae). They can be either evergreen or deciduous. Most species are native to eastern Asia and the Himalayan region, but smaller numbers occur elsewhere in Asia, and in North America, Europe and Australia.
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Cultivation
Grouped as a temperate garden plant, listed under the genus Rhododendron in the archetype table, and Kew describes it as “shrub or tree”, “temperate”.
How this section is made
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Group. Listed under the genus Rhododendron in the archetype table, and Kew describes it as “shrub or tree”, “temperate”. A group is taken only where Kew's description of the species agrees with the table's listing. The table gives no figure and no prose; the cold floor is the habitat's alone.
Climate across the habitat
Natural habitat
Photographs
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Photographs: Daderot, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Related
Other Rhododendron 574 in the reference
Rhododendron aberconwayi Ericaceae Photo: Public domain, Daderot Rhododendron abietifolium Ericaceae Rhododendron acrophilum Ericaceae 
Rhododendron adamsii Sagan Dalya Photo: CC BY, Valentin Kosterin
Rhododendron adenogynum Ericaceae Photo: CC BY-SA, Kurt Stüber
Rhododendron adenopodum Ericaceae Photo: CC BY-SA, Ulf Eliasson
Rhododendron aeruginosum Ericaceae Photo: CC BY, Siddarth Machado
Rhododendron aganniphum Ericaceae Photo: CC0, Daderot Rhododendron agathodaemonis Ericaceae 
Rhododendron alabamense Alabama azalea Photo: CC BY, Rob John
Rhododendron albiflorum White rhododendron Photo: CC0, author not stated
Rhododendron alborugosum Ericaceae Photo: CC BY, Sandy__R from Scotland, UK all 575 ›Names & registers
Also known as Rhododendron glischrum var. adenosum; Rhododendron kuluense. (GBIF Backbone)
The record
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