Rhododendron calvescens Balf.F. & Forrest

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Shrubs, 1–2 m; old branches coarse, bark flaking, with leaf scars; branchlets stout; young shoots with a thin very short-lived indumentum. Petiole adaxially flat and shallowly grooved, abaxially rounded, 10–15 mm, sparsely pubescent; leaf blade thinly leathery, lanceolate, elliptic or oblong-elliptic, 6–13 × 1.7–4 cm; base rounded, truncate or subcordate, bilaterally asymmetrical; apex apiculate; abaxial surface brownish hairy; adaxial surface green, sometimes rugulose, glabrous, midrib prominently raised abaxially, impressed adaxially; lateral veins 12–14-paired, flat on both surfaces. Inflorescence racemose-umbellate, 3–8-flowered; rachis short, conical, 3–5 mm. Pedicel stout or slender, 1–2.5 cm, sparsely hairy and glandular; calyx cup-shaped; lobes 5, 2–3 mm, unequal, lanceolate, base glandular, margin ciliate; corolla campanulate, rose, with purple lines lin the lower part, 3–3.5 cm; lobes 5, orbicular, 1.5–1.8 cm, apex emarginate; stamens 10, unequal, 1.2–2.5 cm, filaments hairy at base, anthers purplish red; ovary ovate, ca. 5 mm, glandular and pubescent or downy; style stout, glabrous. Capsule cylindric, slightly curved, ca. 20 × 5 mm. Fl. Jun–Jul, 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) 1.0 - 2.0
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OctNovDec
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

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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 calvescens world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332093-1
WFO ID wfo-0001048731
COL ID 4SFKD
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Synonyms

Rhododendron calvescens Rhododendron calvescens var. calvescens

Lower taxons

Rhododendron calvescens var. duseimatum