Rhododendron adenogynum Diels

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Shrubs, 1–2.5 m tall; branchlets stout, with gray woolly tomentum when young, sometimes mixed with glands, occasionally glabrous. Petiole 10–15 mm, tomentose and shortly glandular-hairy, sometimes almost glabrous; leaf blade thickly leathery, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 6–12 × 2–4 cm; base rounded or ± cordate; apex acute or acuminate; abaxial surface indumentum tawny to cinnamon, dense, thickly spongy, hairs sometimes mixed with glands; adaxial surface dark green, glabrous. Inflorescence racemose-umbellate, 8–12-flowered; rachis ca. 10 mm, tomentose. Pedicel 1.5–3 cm, densely tomentose and short-glandular-hairy; calyx yellow-green, deeply lobed; lobes 5, 10–15 mm, oblong, with short glandular hairs throughout on outer surface and margin; corolla campanulate, white flushed pink to pink, with crimson spots on corolla-tube and on upper lobes, 3.5–4.5 cm, inner surface puberulent, lobes 5; stamens 10, unequal, filaments densely puberulent and glandular-hairy in lower half; ovary ca. 5 mm, densely shortly glandular-hairy; style ca. 3.2 cm, shortly glandular-hairy on lower part; stigma discoid. Capsule oblong-cylindric, straight, 15–20 × 6–7 mm, calyx persistent. Fl. May–Jul, fr. Aug–Nov.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 2.5
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OctNovDec
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

Uses gene source
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 50 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
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Images

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Distribution

Rhododendron adenogynum world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331873-1
WFO ID wfo-0001048897
COL ID 4SFC6
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Synonyms

Rhododendron adenogynum Rhododendron adenophorum