Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Rhododendron complexum Balf.f. & W.W.Sm. |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 9: 222 (1916) |
Native Range | sc. China |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 3000-4600m |
Description | leaves oblong to ovate, 3-12cm, obtuse, adaxially green, densely scaly, abaxially brown-red, flowers of 3-6, 11-13mm long, tubular-infundibuliform, tube 4-6mm long |
Size | 10-50cm |
Color | pale lilac, purple |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained 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) |