Rhododendron anthosphaerum Diels

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Shrubs or small trees, 2–7 m tall; young branches stout, glabrous. Leaf blade thinly leathery or leathery, elliptic-oblanceolate or long-elliptic, 8–14 × 2.5–3.5 cm; base cuneate; margin revolute; apex acuminate to acute, apiculate; abaxial surface pale, thinly clad with scattered hairs; midrib prominent; lateral veins 17–24-paired. Inflorescence racemose-umbellate, 8–10-flowered; rachis 5–10 mm, floccose. Pedicel 1–1.5 cm, sparsely rufous-tomentose or glabrescent; calyx cupular, lobes 6 or 7, ca. 1 mm; corolla tubular-campanulate, rose-magenta or crimson to magenta-blue, with a basal black-crimson blotch, 3–3.5 cm, nectar pouches present; lobes 6 or 7, suborbicular, ca. 1 × 1–1.5 cm, emarginate, crenate; stamens 13–14, unequal, 1.5–2.5 cm, filaments slender, glabrous or puberulent at base; ovary cylindric, ca. 5 × 2.5 mm, glabrous; style as long as corolla, glabrous, stigma small. Capsule 15–25 × 6–8 mm, glabrous, 7–8-lobed at apex when dry. Fl. Apr–May, fr. Jul–Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 2.0 - 7.0
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AprMayJun
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OctNovDec
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

Uses medicinal
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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 anthosphaerum world distribution map, present in China and Myanmar

Conservation status

Rhododendron anthosphaerum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331936-1
WFO ID wfo-0001048894
COL ID 78V3K
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Rhododendron anthosphaerum Rhododendron gymnogynum Rhododendron heptamerum Rhododendron eritimum Rhododendron hylothreptum Rhododendron chawchiense Rhododendron persicinum Rhododendron anthosphaerum subsp. hylothreptum Rhododendron eritimum subsp. chawchiense Rhododendron eritimum subsp. gymnogynum Rhododendron eritimum subsp. heptamerum Rhododendron eritimum subsp. persicinum Rhododendron anthosphaerum var. eritimum