Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Rhododendron lapponicum (L.) Wahlenb. |
Synonyms | Azalea lapponica L. |
Rhododendron confertissimum Nakai | |
Rhododendron pallidum (Turcz.) Dümmer | |
Habitat | tundra |
Altitude | 0-1900m |
Description | leaves oblong-elliptic to obovate, obtuse, mucronate, adaxially pale green, dull, densely scaly, abaxially red-brown, flowers of 3-5, infundibuliform, 7-13mm across |
Size | 20-40cm |
Color | purple, pinkish violet |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | - |
Type | decumbent shrub |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring |
Territory |
Circumpolar
Europe Northern Europe (Finland , Norway , Sweden ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Amur , Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Magadan , Primorye , Sakhalin ) China (Inner Mongolia , Manchuria ) Mongolia Eastern Asia (Japan , Korea ) Northern America Subarctic America (Alaska , Greenland , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba ) Eastern Canada (Newfoundland , Nova Scotia , Ontario , Québec ) North-Central U.S.A. (Wisconsin ) Northeastern U.S.A. (Maine , New Hampshire , New York) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ERICACEAE
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