Rhododendron rufohirtum Hand.-mazz.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Shrubs, 1.5–2 m tall; branches many and slender, densely shortly red-brown setose and sparsely spreading pilose. Leaves probably of one type. Petiole ca. 5 mm, densely red-brown-villous; leaf blade papery, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 2.5–6 × 1–2.5 cm; base cuneate or subrounded; apex acuminate; abaxial surface densely shortly red-brown setose with a few long flat hairs. Inflorescence 2–5-flowered. Pedicel ca. 0.4 cm, coarsely red-brown strigose; calyx lobes small, ovate, ca. 2.5 mm, outer surface coarsely red-brown appressed setose; corolla funnelform, deep rose, with purple flecks on upper 3 lobes, 2.5–3 cm; tube ca. 13 mm, outer surface glabrous, inner surface sparsely pubescent; lobes oblong-ovate, ca. 1.5 × 0.8 cm; stamens 10, unequal, 2.4–3.4 cm, exserted, filaments, sparsely pubescent at base; ovary long-ovoid, ca. 3 mm, densely long red-brown setose; style glabrous. Fl. Mar–Apr, fr. Aug–Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.5 - 2.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

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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 rufohirtum world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:333268-1
WFO ID wfo-0001229802
COL ID 796GC
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Synonyms

Rhododendron rufohirtum