Rhododendron heizhugouense M.Y.He & L.C.Hu

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Shrubs, 3–5 m tall; branchlets glabrous. Petiole 10–15 mm, densely tomentose; leaf blade thickly leathery, broadly elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 10.5–18 × 5.5–8 cm; base auriculate-cordate; apex acute and mucronate; abaxial surface yellow-green to brownish, indumentum thin, 1-layered, hairs radiate; adaxial surface deep green, glabrous. Inflorescence racemose-umbellate, 15–23-flowered; rachis ca. 15 mm, puberulent. Pedicel 2.5–3.5 cm, sparsely puberulent; calyx obsolete; corolla broadly campanulate, pale yellow, purple-flecked on one lobe at base, 4.4–5.2 × ca. 4 cm; lobes 5; stamens 10, unequal, filaments flattened, puberulent at base; ovary conical, ca. 6 mm, densely white-tomentose; style 3–3.5 cm, glabrous, stigma capitate, brown. Fl. Jun.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 3.0 - 5.0
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Germination duration (days) 50 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
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Distribution

Rhododendron heizhugouense world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:992744-1
WFO ID wfo-0001240164
COL ID 4SG22
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Synonyms

Rhododendron heizhugouense