Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Rhododendron tsaii W.P.Fang |
Bibliography | Contr. Biol. Lab. Sci. Soc. China, Bot. Ser. 12. 66 (1939) |
Native Range | sc. China (ne. Yunnan) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2900-3400m |
Description | leaves narrowly elliptic or oblong, 6-12mm long, slightly mucronate, adaxially light green, densely scaly, abaxially brown, flowers of 3-7, 4-7mm long, broadly infundibuliform |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | pale purple |
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, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |