Rhododendron tenue Ching ex W.P.Fang & M.Y.He

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Shrubs, branchlets slender, densely coarsely strigose. Petiole 2–5(–10) mm; leaf blade thin, papery, elliptic to long-ovate, 2–5.5(–10) × 0.9–1.9(–4.8) cm; base broadly cuneate or subrounded; margin obscurely crenate; both surfaces sparsely coarsely strigose; lateral veins only conspicuous on abaxial surface, not reaching margin. Inflorescence usually 2-or 3-flowered. Pedicel 0.4–0.5 cm, densely brown strigose, hairs flat; calyx obsolete; corolla funnelform, ca. 0.8 cm; tube ca. 5 mm, inner surface puberulent; stamens 5, unequal, 3 longer up to 1.2 cm, 2 shorter slightly longer than corolla, filaments flat, pubescent; ovary ovoid, coarsely strigose; style ca. 1.2 cm, as long as some of stamens, coarsely shiny brown-strigose in the lower half. Capsule conical, 5–6 × ca. 4 mm, densely coarsely strigose. Fl. May–Jun, fr. Jul–Nov.
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 tenue world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:900799-1
WFO ID wfo-0001229875
COL ID 4SGZ4
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Synonyms

Rhododendron tenue