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|accepted_name=Rhododendron lapponicum
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) Wahlenberg
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Lapp.,
|place=104. 1812 ,
}}
|common_names=Lapland rose-bay
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Azalea lapponica
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|publication_title=Sp. Pl.
|publication_place=1: 151. 1753
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae;Rhododendron;Rhododendron lapponicum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ericaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Rhododendron]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Rhododendron lapponicum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 372, 455, 456, 460, 461
|treatment_page=page 462
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> to 0.5(–0.7) m, rhizomatous. <b>Stems</b> prostrate to erect; bark ± smooth to vertically furrowed, shredding; twigs with straw-colored to ferruginous, multicellular, broad-rimmed, peltate scales and unicellular-hairy. <b>Leaves</b> persistent; petiole with broad-rimmed, glandular-peltate scales; blade oblong-elliptic to elliptic, ovate, or obovate, 0.4–2(–2.5) × 0.2–0.7(–0.9) cm, coriaceous, margins entire, plane to revolute, with broad-rimmed scales, apex obtuse to rounded or mucronate, surfaces with conspicuous, straw-colored or golden to ferruginous, broad-rimmed, glandular-peltate scales and unicellular-hairy abaxially. <b>Floral</b> bud scales ferruginous-lepidote, sometimes also unicellular-hairy abaxially, margins ± ciliate, unicellular and multicellular, elongate eglandular-hairy. <b>Inflorescences</b> fasciculate racemes, 3–6-flowered; bracts similar to bud scales. <b>Pedicels</b> 2.5–14 mm, with ferruginous scales and often unicellular-hairy. <b>Flowers</b> opening before development of leaves, erect to horizontal, fragrant; calyx lobes 0.5–2 mm, with ferruginous scales and unicellular-hairy, margins ciliate, unicellular and multicellular eglandular-hairy; corolla rose to purple, sometimes white, without blotch, broadly funnelform, (6.5–)7.5–14(–15) mm, glabrous on outer surface, petals connate (for 3/4+ their lengths), lobes 4.5–8.5 mm, tube gradually expanding into lobes, 1.5–6.5 mm; stamens 5–10, slightly exserted, ± unequal, 7–13 mm; filaments glabrous or proximally unicellular-hairy. <b>Capsules</b> borne on erect pedicels, 4–7 × 2–3 mm, with ferruginous, peltate scales and unicellular-hairy. <b>Seeds</b> without distinct tails; testa closely appressed. <b>2n</b> = 26, 52.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–summer.
|habitat=Arctic and alpine tundra, rocky barrens and heaths or thickets, raised beach ridges, sandy stream banks
|elevation=0-1900 m
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.W.T.;N.S.;Nunavut;Ont.;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;Maine;N.H.;N.Y.;Wis.;Europe (Russia;Scandinavia);Asia (Siberia).
|discussion=<p><i>Rhododendron lapponicum</i> is known to hybridize with <i>R. tomentosum</i> in Greenland, producing R. ×vanhoeffenii Abromeit.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Rhododendron lapponicum
|authority=(Linnaeus) Wahlenberg
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Azalea lapponica
|family=Ericaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–summer.
|habitat=Arctic and alpine tundra, rocky barrens and heaths or thickets, raised beach ridges, sandy stream banks
|elevation=0-1900 m
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.W.T.;N.S.;Nunavut;Ont.;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;Maine;N.H.;N.Y.;Wis.;Europe (Russia;Scandinavia);Asia (Siberia).
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Lapp.,
|publication year=
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_903.xml
|subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae
|genus=Rhododendron
|species=Rhododendron lapponicum
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