Rhododendron serotinum Hutch.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Shrubs, with a straggling habit, to 3 m tall; branchlets glabrous. Petiole 20–35 mm, glabrous; leaf blade leathery, oblong-elliptic, 8–18.5 × (3.5–)4–9 cm; base auriculate; margin undulate; apex mucronate; both surfaces glabrous; abaxial surface glaucous-green; lateral nerves ca. 15-paired. Inflorescence shortly racemose, 7–8-flowered; rachis ca. 30 mm, glandular-papillose. Pedicel 3–4.5 cm, minutely glandular-papillose; calyx lobes minute, undulate, margin with minute red glands; corolla funnel-campanulate, fragrant, white, flushed pink on the outer surface, with flecks and a basal blotch, 6–6.5 cm, tube outer surface glandular; lobes 7, ca. 2 × 3 cm; stamens 15–16, unequal, ca. 4.5 cm, filaments pubescent below; ovary ovoid, ca. 6 mm, covered with short white glandular hairs; style slightly longer than stamens, glandular to the tip; stigma discoid, 4–4.5 mm in diam. Capsule not known. Fl. Aug–Oct. (in cultivation).
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 2.5 - 4.0
Mature height (meter) 2.5 - 3.0
Root system -
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Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Environment

Light 4-6
Soil humidity -
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Soil acidity 2-4
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-10

Usage

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

Cultivation

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

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Distribution

Rhododendron serotinum world distribution map, present in China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60458230-2
WFO ID wfo-0001275615
COL ID 796GN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Rhododendron serotinum