Rhododendron longesquamatum C.K.Schneid.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Shrubs or small trees, 1–6 m tall; bark grayish; young shoots stout, with persistent perulae and densely shaggy, hairs coarse, branched. Petiole stout, 10–20 mm, tawny shaggy; leaf blade leathery, oblong-oblanceolate to narrowly obovate, 5.5–15.5 × 2–4.5 cm; base rounded to subcordate; margin revolute; apex acute; abaxial surface pale green, midrib tawny shaggy, otherwise glabrous when mature; adaxial surface dark green, glandular-hairy and rufous-tomentose, midrib prominent abaxially, grooved adaxially; lateral veins 12–14-paired. Inflorescence racemose-umbellate, 6–12-flowered; rachis 3–6 mm, rufous-tomentose. Pedicel 2–3.5 cm, glandular-hairy; calyx cupular; lobes 5, 8–13 mm, unequal, lingulate, glandular-hairy, 6–12 mm; corolla open-campanulate, rose-pink, with deep crimson basal blotches, ca. 4 cm, lobes 5, suborbicular, ca. 1.3 × 2.2 cm, emarginate; stamens 10, unequal, 2–2.5 cm, filaments pubescent at base; ovary ovate, 4–5 mm, glandular-hairy; lower half of style glandular-hairy. Capsule cylindric, curved, ca. 20 × 6 mm. Fl. Jun, fr. Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 6.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-6

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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 longesquamatum world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332789-1
WFO ID wfo-0001229381
COL ID 4SG9Y
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Synonyms

Rhododendron brettii Rhododendron longesquamatum Rhododendron longesquamatum var. glabristylum