Rhododendron wardii W.W.Sm.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Shrubs ca. 3 m tall; old branches grayish white, bark sometimes flaking; young shoots greenish, glabrous. Petiole slender, furrowed above, 20–30 mm, glabrous; leaf blade leathery, narrowly ovate to oblong-elliptic or broadly ovate-elliptic, 5–8 × 3–4.5 cm; base subcordate; apex obtuse, apiculate; abaxial surface greenish or grayish green; adaxial surface deep green, midrib raised abaxially, flat or slightly concave adaxially; lateral veins 9–13-paired, inconspicuous on both surfaces. Inflorescence racemose-umbellate, 5–8(–14)-flowered; rachis 5–15 mm, with short glandular hairs. Pedicel 2–4 cm, usually sparsely glandular; calyx membranous, lobes 5, 5–8(–12) × 3–5 mm, unequal, ovate or ovate-elliptic, margin densely glandular; corolla cup-shaped, bright yellow or pure white, 3–4 × 4–5 cm; lobes 5, suborbicular, ca. 1.5 cm, apex emarginate; stamens 10, unequal, 1–1.8 cm, filaments glabrous; anthers ovate, yellow, ca. 2 mm; ovary cone-shaped, ca. 5 mm, densely glandular; style 1.5–2 cm, usually glandular, stigma capitate. Capsule cylindric, slightly curved, 20–25 × ca. 7 mm, glandular-hairy, calyx usually persistent, leaflike at maturity. Fl. Jun–Jul, fr. Aug–Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 2.5 - 3.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 1-5
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-7

Usage

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

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 50 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -18
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Rhododendron wardii unspecified picture

Distribution

Rhododendron wardii world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:333587-1
WFO ID wfo-0001048301
COL ID 4SH55
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Rhododendron wardii Rhododendron oresterum Rhododendron croceum Rhododendron astrocalyx Rhododendron prasinocalyx Rhododendron gloeoblastum Rhododendron litiense Rhododendron wardii var. wardii

Lower taxons

Rhododendron wardii var. puralbum