Species
Rhododendron macrophyllum (Pacific rhododendron)
Rhododendron macrophyllum. Photo: (c) Scott Catron, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
Rhododendron macrophyllum, the Pacific rhododendron, California rosebay, California rhododendron, coast rhododendron or big leaf rhododendron, is a large-leaved species of Rhododendron native to the Pacific Coast of North America. It is the state flower of Washington.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
- Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
- Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
- Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
- Order: Ericales (Heathers, balsams, primroses, and allies)
- Family: Ericaceae (Heath family)
- Subfamily: Ericoideae (Typical heathers, azaleas, and allies)
- Tribe: Rhodoreae
- Genus: Rhododendron (Rhododendrons and azaleas)
- Subgenus: Hymenanthes
- Section: Pontica (Section pontica)
- Subsection: Pontica (Subsection pontica)
- Species: Rhododendron macrophyllum (Pacific rhododendron)
- Subsection: Pontica (Subsection pontica)
- Section: Pontica (Section pontica)
- Subgenus: Hymenanthes
- Genus: Rhododendron (Rhododendrons and azaleas)
- Tribe: Rhodoreae
- Subfamily: Ericoideae (Typical heathers, azaleas, and allies)
- Family: Ericaceae (Heath family)
- Order: Ericales (Heathers, balsams, primroses, and allies)
- Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
- Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
- Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
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