Rhododendron ericoides

Rhododendron ericoides is a species of rhododendron native to Borneo. It is found only on Mount Kinabalu.^[1] It is native to subalpine and alpine shrublands above 2,600 meters elevation.^[2]

Rhododendron ericoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Rhododendron
Species:	R. ericoides
Binomial name
Rhododendron ericoides H.Low ex Hook.f.

Rhododendron ericoides is an erect of prostrate shrub, growing up to 1.5 m tall and rarely to 3 m. It has small leaves, 0.4–0.8 cm long by 0.08–0.16 cm wide, and linear or very narrowly elliptic in shape.^[3]