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Rhododendron thayerianum (反边杜鹃) is a rhododendron species native to western Sichuan in China, where it grows at altitudes of 2,600–3,000 m (8,500–9,800 ft). It is an evergreen shrub that grows to 3–4 m (9.8–13.1 ft) in height, with leathery leaves that are narrowly oblanceolate, and 9–17 × 1.5–2.5 cm in size. The flowers are white, sometimes deeply flushed pink on the outside along the petal ridges, or pink. It flowers quite late in the season, in June and July.[1]

Rhododendron thayerianum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Rhododendron
Species:	R. thayerianum
Binomial name
Rhododendron thayerianum Rehder & E.H.Wilson

References

• Rehder & E. H. Wilson in Sargent, Pl. Wilson. 1: 529. 1913.

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