Rhododendron eriocarpum (Hayata) Nakai

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Genus

Synonyms

  • Rhododendron tamurae (Makino) Masamune

Other taxa in genus

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Dwarf shrub, to 0.4 m or more; young shoots and petioles densely covered with broad flattened brown adpressed hairs. Leaves of one kind, persistent, 1.7–2.5 × 1–1.5 cm, obovate to elliptic, apex bluntly mucronate, both surfaces stiffly hairy, especially on the midrib. Pedicels densely and stiffly adpressed-hairy. Flowers 1–2 per inflorescence; calyx 2–3 mm; corolla white to purplish-pink, with darker flecks, broadly funnel-campanulate, c.30 mm; stamens 9–10; ovary stiffly hairy, style glabrous. Royal Horticultural Society (1997)

Distribution  Japan Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands

Habitat c.300 m

RHS Hardiness Rating H3

Conservation status Least concern (LC)

Taxonomic note (incl. R. tamurae [makino] masamune)

This is a tender species that is affected by frosts. It rarely flowers in Britain when grown outside. Royal Horticultural Society (1997)