Taxon

Rhododendron thayerianum

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Family: Ericaceae (Heath)
Distribution: China (Sichuan)
IUCN Red list: Vulnerable
Life form: Shrub - evergreen
Comments: Habit: Forms a stout shrub or small tree to 4m.
Foliage: Stiff leaved with persistent bud scales that hang from the base of growth. Leaves narrow oblanceolate with shiny fawn indumentum below.
Flowers: White tinged with pink in a loose umbel produced late in season - about December in New Zealand.

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