Rhododendron lutescens

Rhododendron lutescens (Chinese: 黄花杜鹃) is a rhododendron species native to Guizhou, Sichuan, and Yunnan, China, where it grows at altitudes of 1700–2000 meters. It is a shrub that grows to 1–3 m in height, with leaves that are lanceolate, oblong-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 4–9 by 1.5–2.5 cm in size. Flowers are yellow.[3]

Rhododendron lutescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Ericales
Family:
Ericaceae
Genus:
Rhododendron
Species:
R. lutescens
Binomial name
Rhododendron lutescens
Synonyms[2]
  • Rhododendron blinii H. Lév.
  • Rhododendron costulatum Franch.
  • Rhododendron lemeei H. Lév.

References
  1. "Rhododendron lutescens", Franchet, Bull. Soc. Bot. France. 33: 235. 1886
  2. The Plant List
  3. He Mingyou; David F. Chamberlain. "Rhododendron lutescens". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 20 May 2013.


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