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Rhododendron pulchrum (锦绣杜鹃), also identified as Rhododendron × pulchrum, is a rhododendron endemic to China. It grows as a semi-evergreen shrub, 1.5–2.5 m (4.9–8.2 ft) in height, with leathery leaf blades, elliptic-oblong to elliptic-lanceolate or oblong-oblanceolate, 2–5(–7) × 1–2.5 cm in size. The flowers are rose-purple with dark red flecks. Hirsutum describes it as "a natural hybrid; seed × pollen= R. mucronatum var mucronatum × R. indicum var formosanum".
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Rhododendron |
| Species: | R. pulchrum
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Synonyms edit
- Rhododendron indicum var. pulchrum (Sweet) G. Don
- Rhododendron indicum var. smithii Sweet
- Rhododendron phoeniceum f. smithii (Sweet) E.H. Wilson
References edit
- Brit. Fl. Gard. ser. 2, 2: t. 117. 1831.
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