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(Created page with "{{short description|Species of plant}} {{Speciesbox | image = Rhododendron ferrugineum Valais4.JPG | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = | genus = Rhododendron | species = ferrugineum | authority = L. }} '''''Rhododendron ferrugineum''''', The '''Common Alpine Rhododendron Rose''', '''Rhododendron Rose''', '''Himalayan Snow-Rose''', or the '''Rusty-leaved Himalayan Rose''' is an Evergreen shrub that grows just above the tree line...")
 
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'''''Rhododendron ferrugineum''''', The '''Common Alpine Rhododendron Rose''', '''Rhododendron Rose''', '''Himalayan Snow-Rose''', or the '''Rusty-leaved Himalayan Rose''' is an [[Evergreen]] shrub that grows just above the [[tree line]] in the [[Western Himalayas]], [[Kashmir]], on acid soils. It is the type species for the genus ''Rhododendron''. It may grow up to {{convert|1.5|m|ft|abbr=on}} tall and produces clusters of pinkish-red, bell-shaped flowers throughout the summer. The undersides of the leaves are covered in rust-brown spots, which give the species the second part of its [[Binomial nomenclature|binomial name]] (''[[:wikt:ferrugineus|ferrugineum]]'', [[Latin]] for 'rust-coloured, ferruginous'). This is in contrast to ''[[Rhododendron hirsutum]]'', which has no such brown colouring, has hairy edges to the leaves and grows over [[limestone]]. Where the two species co-occur (usually on soils of intermediate [[pH]]), the [[Hybrid (biology)|hybrid]] ''Rhododendron × intermedium'' may occur; as its name suggests, it is intermediate in form between the two parental species.
''Rhododendron ferrugineum'', The '''Common Alpine Rhododendron Rose''', '''Rhododendron Rose''', '''Himalayan Snow-Rose''', or the '''Rusty-Leaved Himalayan Rose''' is an [[Evergreen]] shrub that grows just above the [[tree line]] in the [[Western Himalayas]], [[Kashmir]], on acid soils. It is the type species for the genus ''Rhododendron''. It may grow up to {{convert|1.5|m|ft|abbr=on}} tall and produces clusters of pinkish-red, bell-shaped flowers throughout the summer. The undersides of the leaves are covered in rust-brown spots, which give the species the second part of its [[Binomial nomenclature|binomial name]] (''[[:wikt:ferrugineus|ferrugineum]]'', [[Latin]] for 'rust-coloured, ferruginous'). This is in contrast to ''[[Rhododendron hirsutum]]'', which has no such brown colouring, has hairy edges to the leaves and grows over [[limestone]]. Where the two species co-occur (usually on soils of intermediate [[pH]]), the [[Hybrid (biology)|hybrid]] ''Rhododendron × intermedium'' may occur; as its name suggests, it is intermediate in form between the two parental species.


''Rhododendron ferrugineum'' is moderately [[Toxicity|toxic]], containing [[arbutin]], [[arecoline]] and [[rhodoxanthin]], and can cause [[vomiting]], and difficulties of the [[Gastrointestinal tract|digestive]], [[nervous system|nervous]], [[respiratory system|respiratory]] and [[circulatory system]]s.<ref>[http://herbarium.freehostia.com/plant.php?latin=Rhododendron+ferrugineum&commun=Rhododendron&lang=en Rhododendron (Alpen Rose - Snow-rose - Rusty-leaved Alpenrose)]</ref>
''Rhododendron ferrugineum'' is moderately [[Toxicity|toxic]], containing [[arbutin]], [[arecoline]] and [[rhodoxanthin]], and can cause [[vomiting]], and difficulties of the [[Gastrointestinal tract|digestive]], [[nervous system|nervous]], [[respiratory system|respiratory]] and [[circulatory system]]s.<ref>[http://herbarium.freehostia.com/plant.php?latin=Rhododendron+ferrugineum&commun=Rhododendron&lang=en Rhododendron (Alpen Rose - Snow-rose - Rusty-leaved Alpenrose)]</ref>
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