Rhododendron hyperythrum Hayata

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Shrubs or small trees; young shoots glabrous. Petiole 15–25 mm, glabrous; leaf blade leathery, elliptic-lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 7–12 × 2–3.5 cm; base cuneate; margin slightly revolute; apex acute to shortly acuminate; abaxial surface finely red-brown-punctate. Inflorescence racemose-umbellate, ca. 10-flowered; rachis 15–25 mm. Pedicel 3–4.5 cm, sparsely glandular and floccose; calyx lobes 5, ca. 2 mm; margin glandular-ciliate; corolla funnelform-campanulate, white with purple flecks, 3–5 × 3–5 cm; lobes 5, deep; stamens unequal, filaments pubescent at base; ovary densely glandular, ca. 6 mm; style ca. 2.5 cm, glandular in lower half. Fl. Apr.
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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Root diameter (meter) 0.6
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 8-8

Usage

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 50 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
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Images

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Distribution

Rhododendron hyperythrum world distribution map, present in China and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332606-1
WFO ID wfo-0001220138
COL ID 4SG3T
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Rhododendron hyperythrum