Alpenrose

Rhododendron ferrugineum

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.

Scientific name

Rhododendron ferrugineum

Family

Ericaceae

IUCN status

LC