Rhododendron ‘Triflora PW67‘
Billeder af Rhododendron ‘Triflora PW67’
Beskrivelse
R. Triflora PW67, RSBG228sd1995 (Triflora). Our first offering of an unknown species collected far to the east of where most Triflora species are known to occur. (-5?\R1\5).
Steve Hootman
Flora of China
R. triflorum J. D. Hooker, Rhododendr. Sikkim-Himalaya. 2: t. 19. 1851.
Shrubs or rarely small trees, often evergreen, sometimes semievergreen, 1–4 m tall; young shoots scaly. Petiole 4–9 mm, scaly; leaf blade ovate, oblong, ovate-lanceolate, or oblong-lanceolate, 2.5–6.5 × 1.5–2.5 cm; base rounded or cordate; apex acuminate, acute or obtuse, apiculate; abaxial surface gray white or pale green, scales to 1 × their own diameter apart, all similar, ± rimless; adaxial surface without scales. Inflorescence terminal, shortly racemose, 2–5(or more)-flowered; rachis 3–5 mm, scaly. Pedicel 0.6–1.6 cm, erect and ca. 1.2 cm in fruit, scaly; calyx lobes rounded, ovate or triangular, 0.5–1 mm, densely scaly; corolla broadly funnelform-campanulate, pale yellow, sometimes with lobes tinged pink, inside with brown spots, 2–3.3 cm, outer surface scaly, pubescent or without hairs; stamens unequal, 1.2–2.8 cm, longer than corolla; filaments villous; ovary 5-locular, densely scaly; style long, glabrous. Capsule cylindric, 7–12 mm. Fl. May–Jun, fr. Jul–Aug.
Forests, thickets; 2500–3700 m. S Xizang, WC Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim].