page_title: Rhododendron thomsonii
section_title: Description from J.D.Hooker
hierarchical_section_title: Rhododendron thomsonii / Description from J.D.Hooker
caption_attribution_description: English: Illustration of Rhododendron thomsonii as scanned from the book Rhododendrons of the Sikkim-Himalaya published in 1849-1851
context_page_description: Rhododendron thomsonii is a rhododendron species native to northern India, Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim, and southern Xizang in China, where it grows at altitudes of 3000–4000 meters. It is a shrub that grows to 2–4 m in height, with leathery leaves that are oblong-elliptic to ovate or orbicular to obovate, 3–7 by 2–6 cm in size. Flowers are red.
caption: Illustrantion of Rhododendron thomsonii as scanned from the book Rhododendrons of the Sikkim-Himalaya published in 1849-1851
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