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Rhododendron glanduliferum Franch.

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  • Ericaceae

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Other taxa in genus

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'Rhododendron glanduliferum' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/rhododendron/rhododendron-glanduliferum/). Accessed 2026-05-08.

Rhododendron glanduliferum

Rhododendron glanduliferum PW 0083 with pinkish buds opening white (University of British Columbia Botanical Garden, Vancouver, June 2023). Image John Grimshaw.

Shrub; young shoots sparsely stalked-glandular. Leaves 12–16 × 2–4 cm, oblong-lanceolate, glabrous below. Rhachis elongate. Flowers 5–6 in a truss; pedicels densely covered with long-stalked glands; calyx c.3 mm; corolla 7–8-lobed, white, funnel-campanulate, 50–60 mm, outer surface densely long-stalked-glandular; stamens 14–16; ovary and style stalked-glandular. Royal Horticultural Society (1997).

Distribution  China NE Yunnan

Habitat 2,300–2,400 m

RHS Hardiness Rating H5

Conservation status Vulnerable (VU)

This species, which may be distinguished by the stalked glands on the corollas and flower stalks, has only recently been introduced into cultivation. Royal Horticultural Society (1997).

Rhododendron glanduliferum

Rhododendron glanduliferum PW 0083 with pale pink flowers (University of British Columbia Botanical Garden, Vancouver, June 2023). Image John Grimshaw.

Rhododendron glanduliferum

Rhododendron glanduliferum PW 0083 with white flowers (University of British Columbia Botanical Garden, Vancouver, June 2023). Image John Grimshaw.

Rhododendron glanduliferum

Very large, heavily scented flowers later in the season make Rhododendron glanduliferum a highly desirable species, here raised from AC 2020 at Deer Dell, Surrey, UK (July 2012). Image John McQuire.

Rhododendron glanduliferum

Unusally pink-tinged in bud, Rhododendron glanduliferum from PW 044 at Millais Nurseries, Surrey, UK (June 2010). Image John McQuire.

Rhododendron glanduliferum

Another Rhododendron glanduliferum of untypical colouring in bud, from EGM 347. Millais Nurseries, Surrey, UK (June 2010) Image John McQuire.

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