Rhododendron gannanense Z.C.Feng & X.G.Sun

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Shrubs or trees, 3–5 m tall; young shoots pilose. Petiole 1–2 cm, sparsely pilose or glabrous; leaf blade leathery, elliptic to elliptic-oblong, 6.5–12 × 2.5–4.5 cm; base rounded or truncate; margin revolute; apex obtuse, mucronate; abaxial surface densely ferruginous floccose; adaxial surface green, glabrous; midrib prominent abaxially, grooved adaxially; lateral veins 12–18-paired. Inflorescence an umbellate raceme, 6–10-flowered; rachis 5–10 mm. Pedicel 0.8–1.5 cm, glandular and pilose; calyx minute, with an undulate margin, densely glandular; corolla broadly campanulate, pink, with purple flecks within, 2–3 cm, lobes 5; stamens 10, unequal, filaments glabrous; ovary conoid, glabrous; style as long as corolla, glabrous. Capsule cylindrical, 13–15 mm, glabrous.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 3.0 - 5.0
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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 gannanense world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:960996-1
WFO ID wfo-0001240235
COL ID 4SFXB
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Synonyms

Rhododendron gannanense