Rhododendron aureum
| Rhododendron aureum | |
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| Rhododendron aureum in Kamchatka | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Rhododendron |
| Species: | R. aureum |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhododendron aureum | |
Rhododendron aureum is a flowering plant species in the genus Rhododendron. It is native to northeastern Asia, in Mongolia, northeastern China, Korea, Japan, and eastern Siberia,[1] and is a low-growing evergreen shrub growing to one metre high.[2] The leaves are 2.5–15 cm long and 1–6 cm broad, glabrous when mature; the flowers are pale yellow, 2.5–3 cm wide, produced in loose racemes of 5–8 together in spring. The fruit is a capsule 1 cm long.[2]
Larvae of Boloria freija feed on Rhododendron aureum.
R. aureum produces (-)-rhododendrol, (-)-rhododendrin, avicularin and hyperoside.[3]
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- ↑ "Rhododendron aureum Georgi". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2026-06-11.
- 1 2 Huxley, Anthony; Griffiths, Mark; Levy, Margot (1992). The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. Vol. 4. London New York: Macmillan Stockton press. p. 55. ISBN 1-56159-001-0.
- ↑ Kim, M. H.; Nugroho, A.; Choi, J.; Park, J. H.; Park, H. J. (2011). "Rhododendrin, an analgesic/anti-inflammatory arylbutanoid glycoside, from the leaves of Rhododendron aureum". Archives of Pharmacal Research. 34 (6): 971–978. doi:10.1007/s12272-011-0614-1. PMID 21725818. S2CID 19606824.
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