What is Rhododendron ponticum?
{{taxobox |image = Pontische rododendron struik (Rhododendron ponticum).jpg |regnum = [[Plantae]] |unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]] |unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]] |unranked_ordo = [[Asterids]] |ordo = [[Ericales]] |familia = [[Ericaceae]] |genus = ''[[Rhododendron]]'' |subgenus = ''[[Rhododendron subgenus Hymenanthes|Hymenanthes]]'' |species = '''''R. ponticum''''' |binomial = ''Rhododendron ponticum'' |binomial_authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]] }} '''''Rhododendron ponticum''''', called '''common rhododendron''' or '''pontic rhododendron''', is a species of [[rhododendron]]. It is native to southern [[Europe]] and [[Asia]]. It is the state flower of [[Kashmir]]. It has become an [[Invasive species]] in [[North America]]. It is a dense,[[Basal shoot|suckering]], [[shrub]] or small [[Tree]] <nowiki/>that usually grows to 5 meters tall,or rarely 8 meters. [[Category:Plants and animals of Kashmir]] [[Category:Rhododendron]] {{biology-stub}}