Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Rhododendron campylogynum Franch. |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Bot. France 32: 10 (1885) |
Native Range | sc. China to e. Himalaya and ne. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Altitude | 2700-5100m |
Description | leaves obovate to lanceolate, 7-25mm long, crenulate, mucronate, abaxially silvery, minutely scaly, flowers 1-5 in umbels, broadly campanulate, pruinose, 15mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pink, purple |
Bloom | spring |
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 |
Synonyms | Azalea campylogyna (Franch.) Kuntze Rhododendron ampichlorum Ingram Rhododendron caeruleoglaucum Balf.f. & Forrest Rhododendron campylogynum var. celsum Davidian Rhododendron campylogynum var. charopoeum (Balf.f. & Farrer) Davidian Rhododendron campylogynum var. cremastrum (Balf.f. & Forrest) Davidian Rhododendron campylogynum var. eupodum Ingram Rhododendron campylogynum var. leucanthum Ingram Rhododendron campylogynum var. myrtilloides (Balf.f & Kingdon-Ward) Davidian Rhododendron charapoeum Balf.f. & Forrest Rhododendron cremastrum Balf.f. & Forrest Rhododendron damascenum Balf.f. & Forrest Rhododendron glaucoaureum Balf.f. & Forrest Rhododendron myrtilloides Balf.f. & Kingdon-Ward |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |