Rhododendron ramipilosum T.L.Ming

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Shrubs, ca. 1.5 m tall; older branches grayish; young shoots green, glabrous. Petiole ca. 15 mm, glabrous; leaf blade leathery, elliptic, ca. 7 × 3.5 cm; base rounded; apex obtuse or rounded, apiculate; abaxial surface glabrous though with brown punctate glands; adaxial surface glabrous; midrib prominent and raised abaxially, grooved adaxially; lateral veins ca. 10-paired, flat on both surfaces. Inflorescence racemose-umbellate, 5–8-flowered; rachis ca. 6 mm, glabrous. Pedicel 2–2.6 cm, glabrous or sparsely glandular; calyx lobes 5, 5–8 × 1.5–2 mm, linear-lanceolate, outer surface sparsely glandular, margin fringed; corolla and stamens not known; ovary conoidal, ca. 7 mm, glandular and with dendroid hairs; style 2–2.5 cm, glandular, with dendroid hairs to tip. Capsule not known. Fl. Jun–Jul.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.5
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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 ramipilosum world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:905115-1
WFO ID wfo-0001229705
COL ID 4SGPR
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Synonyms

Rhododendron ramipilosum