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Rhododendron aureum Georgi
Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
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Rhododendron L. (ツツジ)Kibanasyakunage (キバナシャクナゲ, 黄花石楠花), yellow-flowered rhododendron牛川杜鹃/高山茶 in Chinese Lifeform: evergreen, short shrub ≈ 30-50 cm tallDistribution: Mongolia - eastern Siberia - northeastern China - northern Korea - Japan (north to central Honshu) - Sakhalin - Kuril - Kamchatka Habitat: alpine and subalpine zones (alpine plant) 1500-2300 m elevation on Mount Changbai Flower: pale yellow flower with brown spots on the baseMycorrhiza: ericoid |
Use: gardening Synonyms: Rhododendron chrysanthum Pall.
f. albiflorum S. Watan. (ゴシキシャクナゲ), white flower without spots
Rhododendron × nikomontanum (Komatsu) Nakai (ニッコウキバナシャクナゲ) |
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Rhododendron aureum in China
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[1-3] in the Dell Forest, Changbai Mountain, Jilin Province, China, on June 12 2017. (Rhododendron chrysanthum Pall. is used for the scientific name.)