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Rhododendron adamsii
Rhododendron adamsii, called Sagan Dalya or Sagaan dali, is a small subarctic and subalpine shrub from Siberia and the Russian Far East, prized for its herbal tea use. Give it cool conditions, moist well-drained acidic soil, and shelter from strong sun.
Rhododendron adamsii is a flowering plant species in the genus Rhododendron.
The plant has been cultivated in the Moscow Botanical Garden of Academy of Sciences since 1964. In the Buryat language R. adamsii is known as sagaan dali (сагаан дали) and is used to prepare a certain kind of herbal tea.
R. adamsii contains cannabigerorcynic acid and cannabigerorcynic acid methylester which are structurally related to Cannabigerol and Cannabichromene.
It is found in Eastern Siberia, Yakutia, Transbaikalia and Mongolia. In the Russian Far East it is found on the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk, on the Schmidt Peninsula of Sakhalin, as well as in the upper reaches of the Selemdzha and Bureya rivers.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
