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-The '''Sikkimese Rhododendron''' or the '''Snowy Rhododendron''' ''(Rhododendron niveum)'' is a ''[[Rhododendron]]'' [[species]].<ref>Hooker J.D. 1852. ''Rhododendron niveum''. ''J. Hort. Soc. London''. '''7''': 78.</ref> It is native to northeastern [[India]] (including [[Sikkim]]), [[Bhutan]], and southern [[Tibet]]. It grows at altitudes of 2600–3500 meters.
-It is a [[shrub]] or small tree that grows to 2–6 m in height, with leathery [[leaves]] 8.5–11 by 3.6–4.6 cm in size. Flowers are [[magenta]] to [[lilac]].<ref name=FoC>{{cite web|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242344229 |title=''Rhododendron niveum'' |author=He Mingyou; David F. Chamberlain |work=Flora of China |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA |access-date=20 May 2013}}</ref>
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