Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Rhododendron eudoxum Balf.f & Forrest |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 11: 62 (1919) |
Native Range | sc. China to se. Tibet |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3300-4200m |
Description | leaves coriaceous, long elliptic, 2-3cm, obtuse, adaxially green, glabrous, abaxially whitish to brownish, flowers 3-10 in umbel, carnose, campanulate, 2-4cm long |
Size | 30-90cm |
Color | pink, pinkish carmine |
Bloom | summer |
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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 |
Synonyms | Rhododendron eudoxum ssp. trichomischum (Balf.f. & Forrest) Tagg Rhododendron fulvastrum ssp. trichomischum (Balf.f. & Forrest) Cowan Rhododendron fulvastrum ssp. trichophlebium (Balf.f. & Forrest) Cowan Rhododendron temenium ssp. albipetalum Cowan Rhododendron temenium ssp. rhodanthum Cowan Rhododendron trichomischum Balf.f. & Forrest Rhododendron trichophlebium Balf.f. & Forrest |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) |