Rhododendron temenium Balf.F. & Forrest

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Upright dwarf shrubs, 0.6–1 m tall; older branches with swollen verrucae; shoots 3–4 mm in diam. below inflorescence; young shoots setulose and tomentose. Petiole ca. 4 mm, glabrescent; leaf blade leathery, oblong to oblong-elliptic, 3–6 × 1.3–2.3 cm; base widely cuneate or obtuse; margin revolute; apex obtuse, apiculate; abaxial surface glaucous-papillate, glabrous or with remains of whitish floccose indumentum, especially on midrib and main veins; adaxial surface deep green, glabrous; midrib grooved adaxially; lateral veins 9–11-paired, impressed adaxially. Inflorescence lax or dense, 4–6-flowered; rachis ca. 5 mm, puberulent. Pedicel 1–2 cm, setulose, tomentose; calyx cupular; lobes 5, 3–4(–10) mm, ovate, glabrous, margin ciliate; corolla tubular-campanulate, fleshy, white to yellow, pink or crimson to deep crimson, 3–4 cm, lobes 5, suborbicular, ca. 1.1 × 1.5 cm, emarginate; stamens 10, 1.5–2 cm, filaments glabrous; ovary ovoid, ca. 4.5 mm, densely tomentose and glandular-hairy; style ca. 2 cm, glabrous. Capsule cylindric, ca. 8 mm, with remnants of indumentum. Fl. Jun–Jul, 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) 0.6 - 1.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-6

Usage

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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 temenium world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:333468-1
WFO ID wfo-0001048726
COL ID 4SGZ3
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Synonyms

Rhododendron temenium subsp. temenium Rhododendron temenium subsp. pothinum Rhododendron temenium Rhododendron temenium var. temenium Rhododendron eudoxum subsp. temenium Rhododendron eudoxum subsp. pothinum Rhododendron pothinum

Lower taxons

Rhododendron temenium var. gilvum Rhododendron temenium var. dealbatum