Rhododendron pseudochrysanthum Hayata

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Low shrubs, 0.5–3 m tall; older branches shoots pale gray-brown, glabrous; young shoots gray tomentose, mixed with glandular hairs. Petiole 10–20 mm, densely tomentose, also glandular-hairy; leaf blade rigid, oblong-lanceolate or ovate-elliptic, 4–8 × 1.5–3.5 cm; base rounded; apex acute or acuminate; abaxial surface pale green, ± persistently floccose, tomentose; adaxial surface dark green, grayish floccose and glandular-hairy, glabrescent; midrib raised abaxially, grooved adaxially; lateral veins 15-paired. Inflorescence 5–10-flowered; rachis 10–20 mm. Pedicel 2–2.5 cm, sparsely glandular-hairy; calyx teeth 5, 1–2 mm, triangular, margin glandular; corolla campanulate, pink, with deeper rose lines outside and crimson flecks within, 3–4 cm, lobes 5, obovate, ca. 1.5 cm; stamens 10, 1–2 cm, filaments pubescent at base; ovary conoid, ca. 5 mm, densely glandular; style ca. 3 cm, glabrous or glandular for 1/3 of its length; stigma swollen. Capsule ca. 20 × 5 mm with persistent glands and style. Fr. Jul.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.5 - 2.5
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 2.75
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Flower color
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Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity -
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Soil acidity 2-4
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-9

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, graftings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings graftings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 50 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
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Images

Rhododendron pseudochrysanthum unspecified picture

Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:333157-1
WFO ID wfo-0001220808
COL ID 4SGN9
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Rhododendron nankotaisanense Rhododendron pseudochrysanthum Rhododendron pseudochrysanthum var. nankotaisanense