Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Rhododendron mainlingense S.H.Huang & R.C.Fang |
Bibliography | Fl. Xizang. 3: 674 (1986) |
Native Range | se. Tibet |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3900-4000m |
Description | leaves aromatic, elliptic, 7-16mm, on base cuneate, apically acute, mucronate, abaxially densely yellow squamose, adaxially dark green, flowers narrowly tubular, few |
Size | 20-50cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring, 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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) |