Rhododendron ebianense M.Y.Fang

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Shrubs or small trees, 0.5–3 m tall; shoots stout, ca. 5 mm in diam., with gray indumentum and dark glands when young, glabrescent. Petiole 10–15 mm; leaf blade leathery, oblong-elliptic or oblanceolate, 8–12 × 2–3 cm; base cuneate; apex acuminate; abaxial surface indumentum silvery-white; adaxial surface dark green, glabrous; lateral veins obscure. Inflorescence racemose-umbellate, 7–9-flowered; rachis ca. 20 mm, densely tomentose and glandular-hairy. Pedicel 2–3.5 cm, hairy and glandular-hairy; calyx greenish or slightly tinged with pink, membranous, lobes 5, 3–4 mm, rounded; corolla funnelform, pink, with yellow spots inside, 3.3–4.5 cm, lobes 5, suborbicular, ca. 1.2 × 1 cm; stamens 10, unequal, 2.2–4 cm, filaments with scurfy hairs on lower part; ovary cylindric, 6–7 mm, glandular-hairy and tomentose; style ca. 4 cm, with some glandular-hairs, tomentose in lower part, stigma slightly dilated. Capsule not known. Fl. Apr.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 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 ebianense world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:936035-1
WFO ID wfo-0001229468
COL ID 4SFTH
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Synonyms

Rhododendron ebianense