Rhododendron flumineum W.P.Fang & M.Y.He

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Shrubs, 1.5–3 m tall; young shoots coarsely strigose. Petiole 5–7(–10) mm; leaf blade long-ovate or elliptic long-ovate, 4–6(–14) × 1.5–3(–7.5) cm; base subrounded; margin revolute; apex shortly acute; abaxial surface sparsely coarsely ferruginous strigose; adaxial surface subglabrous. Inflorescence usually 4–7-flowered. Pedicel 0.5–0.8(–1.1) cm, densely coarsely ferruginous strigose; calyx lobes triangular-ovate, outer surface coarsely strigose; corolla funnelform, red or pink, with dark red flecks on upper lobes, 1.7–1.9 cm; tube cylindric, ca. 9 × 3–4 mm; lobes spreading, oblong-elliptic, 0.8–1 × 0.4–0.6 cm, glabrous; stamens 5, unequal, 1.7–2.4 cm, exserted, filaments puberulent at base; ovary ca. 3 mm, densely ferruginous strigose; style 2.4–2.9 cm, coarsely strigose for basal ca. 6 mm. Capsule ovoid, ca. 7 × 4 mm, coarsely strigose. Fl. Mar–Apr, fr. Jun–Jul.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.5 - 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 flumineum world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:900765-1
WFO ID wfo-0001229872
COL ID 4SFW8
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Synonyms

Rhododendron flumineum