Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Rhododendron eudoxum Balf.f & Forrest |
Synonyms | Rhododendron trichomischum Balf.f. & Forrest |
Rhododendron trichoplebeium Balf.f. & Forrest | |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Altitude | 3300-4200m |
Description | leaves coriaceous, long elliptic, 2-3cm, obtuse, adaxially green, glabrous, abaxially whitish to brownish, flowers 3-10 in umbel, carnose, campanulate, 2-4cm long |
Size | 30-90cm |
Color | pink, pinkish carmine |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
China (China South-Central , Tibet) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ERICACEAE
eudoxum brunneifolium (Balf.f. & Forrest) D.F.Chamb., Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 37(2): 333 (1979)
eudoxum mesopolium (Balf.f. & Forrest) D.F.Chamb., ibid.
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