Rhododendron spadiceum P.C.Tam

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Shrubs; young shoots sparsely coarsely strigose and spreading pubescent. Petiole 6–7 mm. Leaf blade leathery, elliptic to lanceolate-elliptic, 2–5.5 × 1–2.2 cm; base tapering or narrowly cuneate; margin revolute; apex acute and mucronate; abaxial surface densely yellow-white felted and coarsely villous-strigose; adaxial surface glabrescent and lustrous. Inflorescence ca. 10-flowered. Pedicel 0.6–0.7 cm, coarsely strigose; calyx cup-shaped; lobes rounded; corolla narrowly funnelform, purplish, 2.8–3.4 × 1.8–2 cm; tube cylindric, 1.5–1.8 cm; lobes oblong-obovate, 1.3–1.6 × ca. 0.7 cm; stamens 5, unequal, 3–3.5 cm, shorter than the style, filaments puberulent; ovary ovoid, ca. 4 × 2.5 mm, coarsely strigose; style ca. 3.7 cm, sparsely coarsely strigose below.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Germination duration (days) 50 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
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Distribution

Rhododendron spadiceum world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:900795-1
WFO ID wfo-0001229871
COL ID 4SGVY
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Synonyms

Rhododendron spadiceum