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Rhododendron cinnabarinum (朱砂杜鹃) is a rhododendron species native to eastern Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, southeastern Tibet, and southwest China, where it grows at altitudes of 1,900–4,000 m (6,200–13,100 ft). It is a straggling evergreen shrub[1] that grows to 1–3 m (3.3–9.8 ft) in height, with leathery leaves that are broadly elliptic, oblong-elliptic to oblong-lanceolate or ovate, 3–6 by 1.5–2.5 cm in size. The flowers are yellow to cinnabar red, sometimes ranging to plum colors.

Rhododendron cinnabarinum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Rhododendron
Species:	R. cinnabarinum
Binomial name
Rhododendron cinnabarinum Hook.f.
Synonyms
Rhododendron blandfordiaeflorum Rhododendron blandfordiiflorum Hook.f. Rhododendron roylei Hook.f. Rhododendron thibaudense

References

• "Rhododendron cinnabarinum", J. D. Hooker, Rhododendr. Sikkim-Himalaya. 1: t. 8. 1849.

Media related to Rhododendron cinnabarinum at Wikimedia Commons

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  A Rhododendron bush
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  Close-up of flowers
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  Close-up of leaves

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