Rhododendron apricum P.C.Tam

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Shrubs, deciduous, 0.5–2(–5) m tall; young shoots densely shortly glandular-setose, glabrescent. Summer and winter leaves different. Petiole 3–5(–12) mm, densely shortly red-brown-glandular-setose; leaf blade leathery, elliptic or narrow-elliptic, rarely ovate-elliptic, 2–5(–10) × 1–2(–5) cm; base broadly cuneate or subrounded; margin conspicuously revolute, shortly brown-setose; apex shortly acuminate; abaxial surface densely shortly red-brown-setose along veins; adaxial surface shortly silky setose, glabrescent. Inflorescence to 18-flowered. Pedicel ca. 1 cm, densely shortly red-brown setose; calyx lobes minute, densely strigose, apex truncate; corolla narrowly funnelform, purple-red, purplish or pink, without purple flecks, 1.8–2.3 cm; tube narrowly long-cylindric, 1–1.3 cm; lobes narrowly oblong, 0.8–1 cm, glabrous; apex mucronate; stamens 5, unequal, 2–2.5 cm, filaments glabrous; ovary ca. 3 mm, densely shortly silky setose; style ca. 2.7 cm, glabrous. Capsule ovoid, ca. 7 × 5 mm, densely shortly glandular-setose. Fl. Apr–May, fr. Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 2.0
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Cultivation

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

Rhododendron apricum world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:900757-1
WFO ID wfo-0001229815
COL ID 796RJ
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Synonyms

Rhododendron rufulum Rhododendron apricum Rhododendron falcinellum Rhododendron apricum var. falcinellum