Rhododendron potaninii Batalin

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Small shrubs, erect, branchlets glabrous. Petiole 20–25 mm, densely tomentose, hairs branched; leaf blade leathery, oblong to obovate, 7–9 × 2.5–4 cm; base rounded; apex obtuse, mucronate; abaxial surface pale, only lower half of midrib densely fine branched-hairy; adaxial surface glabrous. Inflorescence racemose or subumbellate, 7–8-flowered. Pedicel ca. 2 cm, densely rufous-pubescent; calyx lobes 5, ca. 1 mm, irregular, ± hairy; corolla broadly campanulate, white, unspotted, ca. 3 cm, glabrous; lobes 5, ca. 1 cm, rounded; stamens 10, included in the tube, reaching only to base of lobes, filaments sparsely puberulent in lower half; ovary conical, ca. 4 mm, densely rufous-tomentose; style glabrous.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Germination duration (days) 50 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
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Distribution

Rhododendron potaninii world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:333121-1
WFO ID wfo-0001229525
COL ID 4SGM8
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Synonyms

Rhododendron potaninii