Yellow-flowered rosebay

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, and is a low-growing evergreen shrub growing to one metre high. 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.

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Is it poisonous?

Toxic. The note covers its whole genus. Grayanotoxins in leaves, flowers and nectar (mad honey) Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Rhododendron caucasicum — toxic
• Rhododendron brachycarpum — toxic

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ericales

Family

Ericaceae

Genus

Rhododendron

Species

Rhododendron aureum

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