Rhododendron leptocladon Dop

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Shrubs, epiphytic, 0.5–1 m tall; young shoots densely brown-scaly, otherwise glabrous. Petiole 5–7 mm, densely brown-scaly, glabrous; leaf blade leathery, elliptic, oblong-elliptic or ovate, 4–6(–8) × 2–3.5 cm; base cuneate to rounded; apex acute, apiculate; abaxial surface gray green, scales contiguous, or less than their own diameter apart, unequal, brown, without hairs; adaxial surface green, glabrous; midrib raised abaxially, concave adaxially; lateral veins 6-paired, slightly concave above and raised below, or inconspicuous on both surfaces. Inflorescence terminal, umbellate, 3-or 4-flowered. Pedicel stout, 0.3–0.4 cm, densely scaly; calyx 5-lobed; lobes 1–2 mm, ovate, apex rounded, densely scaly abaxially; corolla broadly funnelform, lobed to the middle, yellow, 3.5–4.3 cm, outer surface sparsely scaly, tube gray-white-pubescent, lobes 5, ovate; stamens 10, unequal, shorter than corolla; filaments densely spreading pubescent at base, anthers brown, ca. 5 mm; ovary densely scaly; style slightly longer than corolla, basal part scaly. Capsule ovoid-cylindric, 5-lobed, ca. 11 mm, densely scaly.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
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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 leptocladon world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332752-1
WFO ID wfo-0001275542
COL ID 4SG8L
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Synonyms

Rhododendron nemorosum Rhododendron leptocladon