Rhododendron bellissimum D.F.Chamb.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Small, erect shrubs, ca. 1.5 m tall; branchlets virgate, scaly. Petiole ca. 1 mm, scaly; leaf blade aromatic, elliptic-oblong or obovate-oblong, 0.8–1.2 × 0.3–0.4 cm; base broadly cuneate to rounded; apex rounded, mucronate; abaxial surface scales overlapping, arranged in 2–3 tiers, small, unequal, pale yellow-brown; adaxial surface pale green, scales pale, deciduous. Inflorescence 4–7-flowered. Pedicel ca. 0.1 cm, scaly; calyx lobes 2–3 mm, oblong, unequal, sparsely scaly, margin long-ciliate; corolla salver-shaped, rose, 5.5–7.5 cm, tube 3.5–4.5 mm, outer surface not scaly, sparsely puberulous; inner surface densely villous; lobes unequal, rounded, ca. 0.2 cm; stamens 5, included in corolla tube, filaments glabrous; ovary broadly ovoid ca. 2 mm, densely scaly; style ca. 1 mm, glabrous. Fl. May–Jun.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.5
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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 bellissimum world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77065382-1
WFO ID wfo-0001275602
COL ID 4SFGR
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Synonyms

Rhododendron bellissimum