Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Rhododendron redowskianum Maxim. |
Bibliography | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 9: 189 (1859) |
Native Range | s. Siberia to North Korea |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2000-2600m |
Description | leaves spathulate-oblanceolate, 5-15mm, ciliate, obtuse, abaxially conspicuously veined, flowers of 1-3 in racemes, calyx large, sepals linear-oblong, corolla rotate, 15mm |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | purplish red |
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 |
Synonyms | Azalea redowskiana (Maxim.) Kuntze Rhododendron saisiuense Nakai Therorhodion redowskianum (Maxim.) Hutch. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KHA Khabarovsk, MAG Magadan, PRM Primorye, SAK Sakhalin) 36 China (CHM Manchuria) 38 Eastern Asia (KOR Korea) |