Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Rhododendron punctifolium L.C.Hu |
Bibliography | Acta Phytotax. Sin. 22: 316 (1984) |
Native Range | sc. China (w. Yunnan) |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Description | leaves coriaceous, oblong, 4-7cm, truncate, acute, apiculate, abaxially white pubescent and purple punctulate, glabrous, inflorescence umbellate, 4-6-flowered |
Size | 30-70cm |
Color | red |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and in fall; layering in spring |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |