Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Rhododendron amundsenianum Hand.-Mazz. |
Bibliography | Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 58: 25 (1921) |
Native Range | sc. China (sw. Sichuan) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3900-4300m |
Description | leaves oblong-ovate, 9-15mm, mucronate, adaxially dully green, abaxially rusty brown, flowers usually of three |
Size | 20-50cm |
Color | |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
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) |