''Rhododendron kiusianum'', the Kyushu azalea, is a species of flowering plant in the family
Ericaceae
The Ericaceae () are a Family (biology), family of flowering plants, commonly known as the heath or heather family, found most commonly in acidic and infertile growing conditions. The family is large, with about 4,250 known species spread acros ...
, native to
Kyushu
is the third-largest island of Japan's Japanese archipelago, four main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands (i.e. excluding Okinawa Island, Okinawa and the other Ryukyu Islands, Ryukyu (''Nansei'') Ryukyu Islands, Islands ...
, Japan.
It is a parent of a large number of hybrid dwarf azaleas, drawn from the naturally-occurring
Kurume azaleas used in bonsai.
It is the
official flower of
Unzen, Nagasaki, and of
Kagoshima Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu and the Ryukyu Islands. Kagoshima Prefecture has a population of 1,527,019 (1 February 2025) and has a geographic area of 9,187 Square kilometre, km2 (3,547 Square m ...
.
References
kiusianum
Endemic flora of Japan
Plants described in 1914
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