Rhododendron microgynum Balf.f. & Forr.

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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

Genus

Synonyms

  • Rhododendron gymnocarpum Balf.f. & Tagg
  • Rhododendron perulatum Balf.f. & Forrest

Other taxa in genus

Glossary

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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

Shrub, usually dwarf, 0.6–2 m. Leaves 5.5–7.5 × 1.5–2(–3) cm, elliptic, lower surface covered with a dense felted, cinnamon to buff indumentum composed of rosulate hairs; petioles glabrescent. Flowers 3–7, in a tight truss; calyx 2–10 mm; corolla fleshy, pale rose to deep crimson, sometimes with faint flecks, 30–35 mm; ovary brown-tomentose and glandular, abruptly contracted into the glabrous style. Flowering April-May. Royal Horticultural Society (1997)

Distribution  China SE Tibet, NW Yunnan

Habitat 3,650–4,250 m

RHS Hardiness Rating H5

Awards AM 1940 (L. de Rothschild, Exbury) as R. gymnocarpum; flowers deep rich crimson.

Conservation status Vulnerable (VU)

Taxonomic note Including R. gymnocarpum Balf.f. ex Tagg & R. perulatum BALF.F. & Forrest Royal Horticultural Society (1997)

See R. gymnocarpum on page 678. As mentioned, this species and R. microgynum are closely allied and have now been united.