| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Rhododendron aureum Georgi |
| Bibliography | Bemerk. Reise Russ. Reich. 1: 214 (1775) |
| Native Range | Siberia to Russian Far East and Korea, n. & c. Japan |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 800-3000m |
| Description | leaves oblanceolate, 3-8cm, coriaceous, on both faces glabrous, conspicuously reticulate, obtuse, corymbs 5-8-flowered, corolla campanulate, 2-3cm, red variegate |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | late spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring |
| Synonyms | Azalea chrysantha (Pall.) Kuntze Rhododendron aureum f. senanense (Yabe) H.Hara Rhododendron chrysanthum Pall. Rhododendron chrysanthum var. senanense Yabe Rhododendron flavum Pall. Rhododendron niko-montanum f. plenum K.Imai & Tak.Shimizu Rhododendron officinale Salisb. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan, PRM Primorye, SAK Sakhalin) 36 China (CHM Manchuria) 37 Mongolia 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan, KOR Korea) |