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Rhododendron arboreum, the tree rhododendron, [1] is an evergreen shrub or small tree with a showy display of bright red flowers. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Thailand. It is the national flower of Nepal. In India it is the state tree of Uttarakhand and state flower of Nagaland.
The rhododendron is the national flower of Nepal. State flower of Himachal Pradesh. In the language of flowers, the rhododendron symbolizes danger and to beware. [94] Rhododendron arboreum (lali guransh) is the national flower of Nepal. R. ponticum is the state flower of Indian-administered Kashmir and Pakistan-controlled Kashmir.
Of these plants, 5 out of 6 species globally threatened are not found in Nanda Devi National Park or elsewhere in Uttarakhand: Aconitum falconeri, A. balfouri, Himalayan maple (Acer caesium), the blue Himalayan poppy (Meconopsis aculeata) and Saussurea atkinsoni. 31 species of rare and endangered categories were observed within the national ...
Rhododendron campanulatum var. wallichii Hook. Rhododendron campanulatum , the bell-flowered rhododendron or bell rhododendron , is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae , native to northeastern India , eastern Nepal , Bhutan , Sikkim , and southern Xizang in China , where it grows at altitudes of 3,000–4,300 m (9,800–14,100 ft).
Rhododendron niveum (Chinese: 西藏毛脉杜鹃) is a rhododendron species native to northeastern India (including Sikkim), Bhutan, and southern Tibet in China, where it grows at altitudes of 2,600–3,500 m (8,500–11,500 ft).
Rhododendron keysii (管花杜鹃) is a rhododendron species native to northeastern India, Bhutan, Sikkim, and southern Tibet, where it grows at altitudes of 2,400–4,300 m (7,900–14,100 ft). It is an evergreen shrub that typically grows to 1–4 m (3.3–13.1 ft) in height, with leathery leaves that are lanceolate -elliptic or lanceolate ...
The Yumthang Valley or Sikkim Valley of Flowers sanctuary, is a nature sanctuary with river, hot springs, yaks and grazing pasture on rolling meadows surrounded by the Himalayan mountains in Yumthang in the Mangan district of Sikkim state in India. It is approx. 75 km from Mangan town, the district headquarters.
Rhododendron pulchrum (锦绣杜鹃), also identified as Rhododendron × pulchrum, is a rhododendron endemic to China. It grows as a semi-evergreen shrub, 1.5–2.5 m (4.9–8.2 ft) in height, with leathery leaf blades, elliptic-oblong to elliptic-lanceolate or oblong-oblanceolate, 2–5(–7) × 1–2.5 cm in size. The flowers are rose-purple ...