Rhododendron araiophyllum Balf.F. & W.W.Sm.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Shrubs, 2–7 m tall, older branches glabrous; branchlets slender; young shoots glabrescent. Petiole cylindric, ca. 10 mm, glabrescent; leaf blade subleathery, elliptic-lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate, broadest above middle of blade, 5–11 × 1.3–3 cm; base cuneate; margin undulate; apex acuminate or cuspidate; abaxial surface glabrous except sometimes for densely woolly midrib; adaxial surface glabrous, midrib conspicuously raised abaxially, grooved adaxially; lateral nerves 15–16-paired, obscure. Inflorescence racemose-umbellate, 5–10-flowered; rachis slender, 10–15 mm, woolly. Pedicel 1–1.5 cm, sparsely woolly; calyx lobes 5, 1–2 mm, rounded, glabrous to sparsely ciliate; corolla open-campanulate, fleshy, milky white to rose, with basal blotch, sometimes with purple flecks, 2.5–3.5 cm; lobes 5(or 6), suborbicular, ca. 1.3 × 1.5 cm, emarginate; stamens 10–12, 1.4–2.8 cm, filaments slender, pubescent at base; ovary conoid-cylindric, 5–6 × ca. 2.5 mm, 5-or 6-locular, pubescent at base; style glabrous, stigma slightly swollen. Capsule oblong-cylindric, 10–15 × ca. 4 mm, glabrous. Fl. Apr–May, fr. Oct–Nov.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 2.0 - 5.5
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

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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 araiophyllum world distribution map, present in China and Myanmar

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331943-1
WFO ID wfo-0001229451
COL ID 7973J
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Rhododendron araiophyllum Rhododendron araiophyllum subsp. araiophyllum

Lower taxons

Rhododendron araiophyllum subsp. lapidosum