Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Rhododendron keleticum Balf.f. & Forrest |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 13: 50 (1920) |
Native Range | sc. China to se. Tibet and ne. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3000-3900m |
Description | leaves coriaceous, elliptic-lanceolate to ovate, 1-2cm, obtuse, abaxially densely brown squamose, flowers usually solitary, corolla broadly campanulate |
Size | 5-30cm |
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 in fall; layering in spring |
Synonyms | Rhododendron calostrotum ssp. keleticum (Balf.f. & Forrest) Cullen Rhododendron radicans Balf.f. & Forrest |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |