Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Rhododendron declivatum Ching & H.P.Yang |
Bibliography | Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 3(2): 89 (1983) |
Native Range | nc. China (sw. Shaanxi) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2600-3800m |
Description | leaves broadly elliptic, 10-15mm, obtuse, mucronate, adaxially dark green, scaly, abaxially light brown, densely scaly, flowers of 2-4, 14mm long, narrowly infundibuliform |
Size | 30-40cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHN China North-Central) |