Rhododendron sphaeroblastum Balf.F. & Forrest

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Shrubs, 1–3 m tall; young shoots and petioles glabrous. Petiole 15–30 mm; leaf blade thickly leathery, ovate to oblong-ovate or ovate-elliptic, 7–15 × 4–6.5 cm; base rounded or slightly cordate; apex obtuse or subrounded, mucronate; abaxial surface with indumentum 2-layered, upper layer rust-red to cinnamon, or deep rust-red, loose, woolly, persistent or detersile, lower layer compacted; adaxial surface glabrous. Inflorescence racemose-umbellate, 10–12-flowered; rachis 10–15 mm, glabrous. Pedicel 1–2 cm, glabrous; calyx lobes 5, 1–1.5 mm, unequal, triangular, acute, glabrous; corolla funnel-campanulate, or broadly campanulate, white, to pink or red to yellow, with carmine spots on corolla tube and upper lobes, 3.5–4.5 cm, lobes 5; stamens 10, unequal, filaments puberulent at base; ovary 5–6 mm, glabrous or sparsely floccose; style ca. 2 cm, glabrous. Capsule cylindric, slightly curved, 18–20 × 5–6 mm. Fl. May–Jun, fr. Aug–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 - 3.0
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OctNovDec
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Hardiness (USDA) 6-8

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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 sphaeroblastum unspecified picture

Distribution

Rhododendron sphaeroblastum world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:333387-1
WFO ID wfo-0001048627
COL ID 4SGWC
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Rhododendron sphaeroblastum Rhododendron sphaeroblastum var. sphaeroblastum