Rhododendron paludosum
Billeder af Rhododendron paludosum
Beskrivelse
R. nivale ssp. nivale / R. paludosum (Lapponica). Opret busk til 50 cm med blanke grønne blade. Den plante jeg har ligner dog en R. nivale ssp. boreale / R. nigropunctatum. Skal have skæl på blad-overfladen der er nedsunket, og to slags farvede skæl på undersiden (brune og færre sorte). 1-2 blomster i klasen. Calyx stor, rand ikke med randhår. Blomsterstilk meget kort, Blomst kort, åben og uden skæl udvendig, 8 støvdragere. Findes i Tibet, Rong-chu ved 1200 ft.
Hans Eiberg
RBGE Herbarium; R. nivale f. paludosum
Flora of China
R. nivale J. D. Hooker, Rhododendr. Sikkim-Himalaya. 3: t. 26(B). 1851.
Small, much-branched prostrate or erect shrubs, usually forming dense cushions, (0.3–)0.6–0.9(–1.2) m tall; branches densely dark ferruginous scaly. Petiole 0.5–2(–3) mm, scaly; leaf blade elliptic, ovate or rounded, 0.35–0.9(–1.2) × (0.15–) 0.2–0.5(–0.6) cm; base broadly cuneate; apex acute or rounded, occasionally mucronulate; abaxial surface yellowish green to fawn, scales contiguous or nearly contiguous, 2-colored, pale golden and dark brown intermixed, usually either equal in number or paler scales predominating; adaxial surface dark green, densely scaly, gray-white or golden. Inflorescence 1–2-(–3)-flowered. Pedicel 0.05–0.15 cm, scaly, occasionally pubescent; calyx lobes (0.1–)2–4(–4.5) mm, oblong or narrowly lanceolate, scaly, margin ciliate and/or scaly; corolla broadly funnelform, pink, or lilac to purple, (0.7–)0.9–1.4(–1.6) cm, tube (2.5–)3–4(–6) mm, outer surface rarely scaly, often pubescent, throat pubescent; stamens (8–)10, longer or shorter than corolla, filaments villous towards base; ovary 1–2 mm, scaly; style usually longer than stamens. Capsule ovoid to rounded, 3–5 mm, scaly. Fl. May–Aug, fr. Aug–Sep.
Forest margins, Rhododendron thickets, alpine meadows, moorlands, swampy grassland, open bogs, damp places, open mountainsides, dry rocky slopes, screes, cliffs, ice gorges; 3100–5800 m. S Qinghai, W Sichuan, E and S Xizang, C and W Yunnan [Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim].