Rhododendron fuscipilum M.Y.He

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Shrubs; young shoots densely strigose. Petioles to 4 mm, densely coarsely ferruginous-strigose; leaf blade papery, lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, 1.8–4.5 × 0.7–1.8 cm; base cuneate or subrounded; margin slightly revolute, coarsely strigose; apex acute; abaxial surface at first sparsely strigose, later sometimes coarsely strigose on midrib only; adaxial surface at first sparsely strigose. Inflorescence 4–7-flowered. Pedicel ca. 0.3 cm, densely coarsely silky yellowish-brown-strigose; calyx lobes small, coarsely ferruginous-strigose; corolla funnel-campanulate, pink, with purple flecks, 1–1.2 cm; tube cylindric, ca. 5 × 2–3 mm, outer surface brown-glandular-hairy at base, inner surface pubescent; lobes long-ovate, 0.6–0.7 × 0.2–0.3 cm, glabrous; stamens 5, unequal, 1.2–1.6 cm, exserted, filaments flat, puberulent below; ovary ovoid, ca. 3 mm, densely ferruginous-strigose; style ca. 1.3 cm, coarsely ferruginous-strigose over entire length. Fl. May.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Germination duration (days) 50 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
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Distribution

Rhododendron fuscipilum world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1017237-1
WFO ID wfo-0001229851
COL ID 4SFX5
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Synonyms

Rhododendron fuscipilum