Rhododendron kiyosumense (Makino) Makino

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'Rhododendron kiyosumense' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/rhododendron/rhododendron-kiyosumense/). Accessed 2024-03-18.

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Other taxa in genus

Glossary

apex
(pl. apices) Tip. apical At the apex.

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New article for Trees and Shrubs Online.

Recommended citation
'Rhododendron kiyosumense' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/rhododendron/rhododendron-kiyosumense/). Accessed 2024-03-18.

Shrub or small tree; young shoots glabrous. Leaves in whorls of up to three, at the ends of the branches, 3–5 × 2.5–3 cm, rhombic, apex acuminate, lower surface sparsely covered with brown simple hairs, at least when young, midrib glabrous or shortly pilose; petioles glabrous or with scattered brown hairs near base of lamina. Flowers 1–2 per inflorescence, appearing before the leaves; calyx minute; corolla purple, open-campanulate, 20–30 mm; stamens 10; ovary densely and stiffly hairy, style glabrous. Royal Horticultural Society (1997)

Distribution  Japan E Honshu

Habitat c. 650 m

RHS Hardiness Rating H6

Conservation status Vulnerable (VU)

This species is probably allied to R. maybarae and R. nudipes but differs in the shape of the leaf apex. Royal Horticultural Society (1997)