Rhododendron zhongdianense L.C.Hu

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Shrubs, 2–3 m tall; young shoots ca. 5 mm in diam., sparsely glandular, glabrescent. Petiole 10–15 mm, sparsely pubescent and glandular; leaf blade leathery, oblong to ovate-oblong, 7–10 × 2.5–3.5 cm; base obtuse or rounded; apex subacute, apiculate; abaxial surface indumentum fawn, thick, felted, compact, hairs stellate, midrib sparsely puberulent and red-glandular; adaxial surface glabrous; midrib prominent abaxially. Inflorescence racemose-umbellate, 6–8-flowered; rachis ca. 4 mm, floccose. Pedicel 1.5–1.8 cm, densely shortly glandular-hairy; calyx pubescent, lobes 5, 5–7 mm, unequal, obovate-oblong, densely shortly glandular-hairy on outer surface and margin; corolla funnel-campanulate, pale red, purple-spotted on upper lobes, 2.5–3.5 cm, both surfaces glabrous, lobes 5; stamens 10(–12), filaments white-puberulent at base; ovary subcylindrical, 4–5 mm, sparsely pubescent and shortly glandular-hairy; style short-glandular-hairy at base; stigma discoid. Fl. Jun.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 2.0 - 3.0
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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 zhongdianense world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:905118-1
WFO ID wfo-0001229518
COL ID 4SH7G
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Synonyms

Rhododendron zhongdianense