"Rhododendron ferrugineum", the alpenrose, snow-rose, or rusty-leaved alpenrose is an evergreen shrub that grows just above the tree line in the Alps, Pyrenees, Jura and northern Apennines, on acid soils. It is the type species for the genus "Rhododendron".
Similar species: Ericales
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Uploaded Jan 23, 2022. Captured Apr 28, 2012 13:38 in Kasteelpark Arenberg 38, 3001 Leuven, Belgium.