Rhododendron wumingense W.P.Fang

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Shrubs, 2–4 m tall; young shoots purplish green, scaly, otherwise glabrous or sparsely hispid. Petiole 4–6 mm, pale yellow-scaly; leaf blade leathery, oblong-obovate, or oblong-elliptic, 3.5–4.5 × 1.8–2.4 cm; base broadly cuneate; apex rounded, rarely acute, apiculate; abaxial surface gray, scales 1–3 × their own diameter apart, golden; adaxial surface deep green, not scaly; lateral veins 10–12-paired. Inflorescence terminal, cymose, 2-flowered. Pedicel 0.6–0.8 cm, sparsely pale yellow-scaly; calyx pale yellowish purple, 5-lobed; lobes short, triangular; corolla broadly funnelform, white, 4–5 cm, tube 25–28 × ca. 16 mm in diam.; outer surface sparsely scaly, without hairs; stamens 9 or 10, unequal, 2.5–4 cm; filaments villous or white-pubescent below; ovary 5-locular, densely scaly; style ca. 5 cm, scaly throughout. Capsule cylindric, 8–9 mm, densely brown-scaly.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 2.0 - 4.0
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Germination duration (days) 50 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
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Images

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Distribution

Rhododendron wumingense world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:902944-1
WFO ID wfo-0001219685
COL ID 4SH63
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Synonyms

Rhododendron wumingense