Rhododendron chionanthum Tagg & Forrest

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Shrubs ca. 0.1 m tall; bark brown, usually falling off in flakes; branches 3–4 mm in diam. below inflorescence, setose; bud scales persistent. Petiole with decurrent wing, 4–10 mm, glabrescent; leaf blade obovate or widely oblanceolate, 4–8.5 × 1.5–3 cm; base cuneate; margin revolute; apex obtuse, apiculate; abaxial surface indumentum discontinuous, rufous; adaxial surface dark green, clearly rugose, glabrescent; midrib grooved adaxially; lateral veins 7–9-paired, impressed adaxially. Inflorescence lax, umbellate, 4–6-flowered, rachis ca. 4 mm, tomentose. Pedicel 1.5–1.8 cm, glandular-setose; calyx lobes 5, 2–3 (–8) mm, elliptic, ciliate; corolla tubular-campanulate, white, 3–3.5 cm, lobes 5, suborbicular, ca. 1.2 × 1.5 cm, emarginate; stamens 10, unequal, 1.5–2 cm, filaments glabrous; ovary ovoid, with truncate apex, ca. 5 mm, rufous-tomentose; style ca. 2 cm, glabrous; stigma capitate, small. Capsule not known. Fl. Jul.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.1
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

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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 chionanthum world distribution map, present in China and Myanmar

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332170-1
WFO ID wfo-0001048863
COL ID 4SFMP
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Synonyms

Rhododendron chionanthum