Rhododendron chilanshanense Kurash.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Shrubs, 1–3 m; young branches with sparse weak hairs. Petiole 8–10 mm, sparsely spreading-pilose; leaf blade papery, ovate to ovate-rhomboid, 3.5–4.5 × 1.5–2 cm; base broadly cuneate; margin undulate or minutely crenulate, pilose towards base; apex bluntly acute; abaxial surface glabrous; adaxial surface sparsely long-pilose; lateral veins 6–8-paired. Inflorescence 2-or 3-flowered, flowers appearing with leaves. Pedicel ca. 1 cm, densely golden-strigose and glandular-hairy; calyx ca. 1 mm, densely strigose; corolla open-funnelform, pink, 2–2.5 cm, lobes 5, elliptic, 1.2–1.5 cm; stamens 10, ca. 2.5 cm, exserted; ovary densely golden-strigose; style ca. 3 cm, glabrous. Capsule not known. Fl. May.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 3.0
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Germination duration (days) 50 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
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Distribution

Rhododendron chilanshanense world distribution map, present in China and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1006419-1
WFO ID wfo-0001247845
COL ID 4SFMN
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Synonyms

Rhododendron chilanshanense