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Rhododendron aureum Georgi






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

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 tall
Distribution: 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 base
Mycorrhiza: ericoid
Use: gardening
Synonyms:

Rhododendron chrysanthum Pall.

f. albiflorum S. Watan. (ゴシキシャクナゲ), white flower without spots
f. senanense (Y. Yabe) H. Hara (ヤエキバナシャクナゲ)
Hybrids:

Rhododendron × nikomontanum (Komatsu) Nakai (ニッコウキバナシャクナゲ)
Rhododendron × nikomontanum Nakai f. plenum K. Imai et T. Shimizu (ヤエザキ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.)

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