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Rhododendron laetum

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Ericaceae

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Ericales

Genus
  
Rhododendron

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Similar
  
Rhododendron lochiae, Rhododendron macgregoriae, Rhododendron konori, Rhododendron sect Vireya, Rhododendron javanicum

Rhododendron laetum is a rhododendron species native to the Anggi Lakes area of the Arfak Mountains in Indonesia and western New Guinea, where it grows at forest edges, in open marsh, and in swamps at the edge of lakes. It is a shrub that grows to 3 m in height, with leaves that are broadly elliptic or sub-ovate-elliptic, 40–95 × 25–53 mm in size. Flowers are deep yellow, flushing with red or orange as they age.

Synonyms

  • Rhododendron uliginosum
  • References

    Rhododendron laetum Wikipedia