Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Rhododendron horaeum Balf.f. & Forrest |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 13: 264 (1922) |
Native Range | sc. China to se. Tibet |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3600-4500m |
Description | branchlets thinly white tomentose, leaves obovate or elliptic, 2-6cm, rounded, mucronate, petiolate, adaxially glabrous, abaxially thinly hirsute, flowers 2-4 in umbel |
Size | 20-70cm |
Color | orange-red |
Bloom | spring |
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Type | shrub |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, light, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and in fall; layering in spring |
Synonyms | Rhododendron citriniflorum ssp. aureolum Cowan Rhododendron citriniflorum var. horaeum (Balf.f. & Forrest) D.F.Chamb. Rhododendron citriniflorum ssp. horaeum (Balf.f. & Forrest) Cowan Rhododendron citriniflorum ssp. rubens Cowan Rhododendron citriniflorum var. rubens (Cowan) Davidian |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) |