Rhododendron atrovirens Franch.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Shrubs, 1–2 m tall; young shoots slender, subverticillate, densely coarsely brown strigose. Leaves all similar. Petiole 3–8 mm, coarsely brown-strigose; leaf blade papery, lanceolate, ovate-lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, 2.5–8.5 × ca. 3 cm; both surfaces densely coarsely strigose. Inflorescence 2–4(–7)-flowered. Pedicel ca. 0.8 cm, densely coarsely brown strigose, hairs flat; calyx lobes triangular-ovate, very small; corolla funnelform, red, with darker flecks at base of upper lobes, ca. 2.2 cm; tube narrowly cylindric, outer surface glabrous, inner surface pubescent; lobes oblong, obtuse; stamens 10, unequal, as long as the corolla, filaments puberulent below; ovary conical-ovoid, ca. 5 mm, densely coarsely shiny brown-strigose; style longer than stamens, glabrous. Capsules long-ovoid, ca. 6 mm in diam., densely long-brown-strigose. Fl. Apr–May, fr. Jul–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 - 2.0
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OctNovDec
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AprMayJun
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OctNovDec
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

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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 atrovirens world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331978-1
WFO ID wfo-0001229785
COL ID 4SFFD
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Rhododendron atrovirens