Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Rhododendron chamberlainii Craven |
Bibliography | Blumea 56: 34 (2011) |
Native Range | sc. China to e. Nepal & n. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3500-4100m |
Description | leaves crowded, sessile, coriaceous, linear, 6-7mm, spiny serrate, glabrous, shiny, inflorescence capitate, 8-12-flowered, corolla 7mm, lobes orbiculate, 3mm long |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | rose |
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 | Diplarche multiflora Hook.f. & Thomson |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |