Rhododendron hirsutum
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Hairy Alpenrose or Rhododendron hirsutum is one of the species of rhododendron
native to the mountains of Europe
. It occurs in the eastern and central Alps
, in the Tatra
and the Balkans
. It grows on carbonate-rich soils.
Common names are Bewimperte Alpenrose (German
), rododendro irsuto (Italian
) and borzas havasszépe (Hungarian
).
Rhododendron
Rhododendron is a genus of over 1 000 species of woody plants in the heath family, most with showy flowers...
native to the mountains of Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
. It occurs in the eastern and central Alps
Alps
The Alps is one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west....
, in the Tatra
Tatra Mountains
The Tatra Mountains, Tatras or Tatra , are a mountain range which forms a natural border between Slovakia and Poland, and are the highest mountain range in the Carpathian Mountains...
and the Balkans
Balkans
The Balkans is a geopolitical and cultural region of southeastern Europe...
. It grows on carbonate-rich soils.
Common names are Bewimperte Alpenrose (German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
), rododendro irsuto (Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
) and borzas havasszépe (Hungarian
Hungarian language
Hungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....
).