Rhododendron balangense W.P.Fang

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Shrubs, 1–3 m tall; young shoots and petioles glabrous; bud scales persistent. Petiole 15–30 mm, densely glandular and floccose-tomentose; leaf blade thickly leathery, obovate to elliptic-ovate, 6–10 × 3.5–5 cm; base obtuse or subrounded; margin slightly revolute; apex acute, apiculate; abaxial surface with indumentum 2-layered, upper layer yellowish to fawn, loose, ± deciduous, hairs branched, lower layer whitish, appressed, persistent; adaxial surface glabrous. Inflorescence racemose-umbellate, 13–15-flowered; rachis 10–15 mm, densely gray-white to yellowish floccose. Pedicel 3–4 cm, indumentum as for rachis; calyx lobes 5, 1–2 mm, acute, outer surface densely floccose; corolla campanulate, white, 3.5–4 × ca. 3 cm; lobes 5, orbicular, emarginate; stamens 10, unequal, filaments densely puberulent in lower half; ovary and style glabrous; stigma capitate. Peduncle ca. 4 cm. Capsule oblong-cylindric, slightly curved, 22–28 × 4–6 mm, calyx persistent. Fl. Jun, fr. Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 3.0
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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 balangense world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:902899-1
WFO ID wfo-0001219692
COL ID 4SFG9
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Synonyms

Rhododendron balangense