Rhododendron brachypodum
Rhododendron brachypodum
R. brachypodum PW86. Foto: Glynne Jones
Collected by Peter Wharton in Guizhou, China at 4,700ft. Introduced 1994
R. brachypodum (Triflora).
Flora of China:
Shrubs, ca. 4 m tall; old branches nearly glabrous; young shoots sparsely pubescent
and glandular. Petiole 5–7 mm, sparsely pubescent; leaf blade papery, lanceolate or
oblong-lanceolate, rarely oblong-elliptic, 7–10 × 2.5–3 cm; base cuneate to obtuse;
apex acuminate to acute; abaxial surface scales 3–4 × their own diameter apart, pale
yellow, sparsely pubescent, densely hispid along veins; adaxial surface deep green,
sparsely pubescent. Inflorescence terminal, umbellate, 3–5-flowered. Pedicel 0.8–1.4 cm,
densely scaly, sparsely glandular; calyx reduced to a rim or unequally lobed, 1–2 mm;
corolla funnelform-campanulate, pale green, 2.5–3 cm, outer surface sparsely scaly,
inner surface glabrous; lobes elliptic, ca. 1.5 cm; stamens 10, unequal, 2–3 cm,
longer than corolla; filaments pubescent below, anthers purple; ovary densely scaly;
style longer than corolla, glabrous. Capsule cylindric, 16–18 mm.
1000–1500 m. Sichuan.
Flora of China