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Rhododendron molle (Blume) G. Don

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) in Japan

R. molle (Blume) G. Don

Tourengetsutsuji (トウレンゲツツジ, 唐蓮華躑躅), Chinese azalea
Lifeform: deciduous shrub < 2 m tall
Distribution: China - Japan
Habitat: sunny grasslads or shrublands
Mycorrhiza: ericoid
Use: gardening
ssp. japonicum (A. Gray) K. Kron (レンゲツツジ, 蓮華躑躅), Japanese azalea
Distribution: Japan (Kyushu - southern Hokkaido)
Synonyms:

Rhododendron molle (Blume) G. Don var. glabrius Miq.

Rhododendron japonicum (A. Gray) Suringar

f. canescens (Sugim.) Yonek. (ビロードレンゲツツジ)
f. flavum (Miyoshi) Yonek.
Kirengetsutusji (キレンゲツツジ)
Flower: yellow
Synonyms:

Rhododendron japonicum (A. Gray) Suringer f. flavum (Miyoshi) Nakai

f. glaucophyllum (Nakai) Yonek. (ウラジロレンゲツツジ)
f. multifidum (Nakai) Yonek. (レンゲボタン)

Rhododendron molle transplanted in Hokkaido

ssp. japonicum

f. flavum

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[1/2] in a house garden, West Ward, Sapporo, on May 27 2018. [3] in front of a building, N15/E1, East Ward, Sapporo, on June 1 2018.