Rhododendron selense Franch.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Shrubs, 1–2 m tall, old branches grayish white, glabrous; shoots stout; young shoots greenish, with sessile glands or short to long glandular hairs. Petiole 10–20 mm, indument similar to young shoots; leaf blade thinly leathery or papery, oblong-elliptic or obovate to broadly elliptic, 4–8 × 2–4 cm; base rounded, asymmetrical; apex apiculate; both surfaces glabrous; midrib slightly raised abaxially, slightly impressed adaxially; lateral veins 9–13-paired, inconspicuous on both surfaces. Inflorescence racemose-umbellate, 4–7-flowered; rachis 20–40 mm, glabrous. Pedicel 1–2 cm, indument similar to young shoots; calyx usually lobes 5, 2–5 mm, rounded, outer surface and margin with glands; corolla funnelform, narrow at base, pink to rose, 2.5–3.5 cm, lobes 5, suborbicular, ca. 1 cm, apex emarginate; stamens 10, unequal, 1.5–2.5 cm, filaments slightly hairy at base, anthers oblong, ca. 2 mm; ovary cylindric, ca. 4 mm, densely glandular; style ca. 2.5 cm, glabrous and glandular. Capsule cylindric, usually curved, 12–25 × 3–4 mm. Fl. Apr–Jun, fr. Jul–Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 2.0
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OctNovDec
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

Uses environmental use
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 50 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
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Images

Rhododendron selense unspecified picture

Distribution

Rhododendron selense world distribution map, present in China and Myanmar

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:333324-1
WFO ID wfo-0001220765
COL ID 796GG
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Rhododendron metrium Rhododendron nanothamnum Rhododendron chalarocladum Rhododendron pagophilum Rhododendron axium Rhododendron probum Rhododendron selense Rhododendron selense var. probum Rhododendron selense var. pagophilum Rhododendron selense subsp. selense

Lower taxons

Rhododendron selense subsp. jucundum Rhododendron selense subsp. dasycladum