Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Rhododendron aureum Georgi |
Synonyms | Rhododendron chrysanthum Pall. |
Rhododendron flavum Pall. | |
Rhododendron officinale Salisb. | |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 800-3000m |
Description | leaves oblanceolate, 3-8cm, coriaceous, on both faces glabrous, conspicuously reticulate, obtuse, corymbs 5-8-flowered, corolla campanulate, 2-3cm, red variegate |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | |
Type | shrub, carpet |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Amur , Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Kuril Is. , Magadan , Primorye , Sakhalin ) China (Manchuria ) Mongolia Eastern Asia (Japan , Korea) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ERICACEAE
aureum hypopitys (Pojark.) Vorosch., Florist. Issl. Razn. Raionakh SSSR [A.K. Skvortsov, ed.] 185 (1985)
|