Rhododendron wadanum Makino

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'Rhododendron wadanum' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/rhododendron/rhododendron-wadanum/). Accessed 2024-11-01.

Genus

Other taxa in genus

Glossary

glandular
Bearing glands.
style
Generally an elongated structure arising from the ovary bearing the stigma at its tip.

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'Rhododendron wadanum' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/rhododendron/rhododendron-wadanum/). Accessed 2024-11-01.

Shrub or small tree; young shoots villose. Leaves in whorls of up to three, at the ends of the branches, 3–5 × 2–4cm, rhombic, apex acute, tip blunt, lower surface sparsely villose, more densely so on the midrib; petioles densely villose. Pedicels with eglandular or glandular hairs. Flowers 1–2 per inflorescence, appearing before the leaves; calyx minute; corolla rich rose-pink, funnel-campanulate, 22–30 mm; stamens 10; ovary densely villose; style stalked-glandular in lower half. Flowering April-May. Royal Horticultural Society (1997)

Distribution  Japan SE Honshu

Habitat 950–1,500 m

RHS Hardiness Rating H6

Conservation status Least concern (LC)

A distinctive species on account of its glandular style. Royal Horticultural Society (1997)