Rhododendron guizhongense G.Z.Li

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Small shrubs, 1–2 m tall; young shoots densely long dark brown-setose, later subglabrous. Summer and winter leaves different. Petiole 2–4 mm, densely long-setose; leaf blade papery, narrowly elliptic or elliptic-oblong, 2–3.5 × 1–1.4 cm; base cuneate or broadly cuneate; margin slightly revolute, obscurely crenate, ciliate; apex acuminate or mucronate; both surfaces sparsely coarsely strigose at first; abaxial surface later with a few hooklike hairs on midrib; lateral veins prominent on both surfaces. Inflorescence 3–5-flowered. Pedicel ca. 0.5 cm, densely long brown-setose and glandular; calyx lobes trianglar, 3–5 mm, coarsely brown-strigose; corolla funnelform, red or purple-red, ca. 1.2 × 1 cm; tube cylindric, ca. 6 × 4 mm, outer surace shortly glandular-hairy, inner surface pubescent; lobes 0.6–0.8 cm; stamens 5, unequal, up to 1.3 cm, slightly exserted from corolla, filaments flat, puberulent at base; ovary ovoid, 2–3 mm, densely brown-strigose; style 1.2–1.5 cm, shorter than some of the stamens, sparsely setose-strigose below, shortly glandular-hairy above. Fl. May.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 2.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

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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 guizhongense world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:985304-1
WFO ID wfo-0001239133
COL ID 4SFYY
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Synonyms

Rhododendron glandulostylum Rhododendron guizhongense