Rhododendron miniatum
Billeder af Rhododendron miniatum
Beskrivelse
R. miniatum (Fulgensia). Nyintroduceret art (K. Cox, E. og R.), beslægtet med R. sherriffii. Kompakt busk med brunt eller hvidt indument (fasciculate) på undersiden. Røde blomster med mørke nektarpunge. Vildtvoksende i S. Tibet (Tsari) ved 3200-3700 m
Hans Eiberg
RBGE Herbarium; R. miniatum
GBIF
Flora of China
R. miniatum Cowan, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh. 19: 229. 1937.
Shrubs, 1.5–2 m tall; young shoots sparsely black-floccose, eglandular. Petiole 6–8 mm, tomentose or glabrescent; leaf blade thickly leathery, elliptic to oblong-ovate, 3.3–5.5 × 2–2.8 cm; base rounded or cordate; apex bluntly rounded, apiculate; abaxial surface thickly fawn woolly, hairs fasciculate; adaxial surface glabrous except for ± floccose-hairy groove of midrib. Inflorescence umbellate, 4–6-flowered; rachis 3–5 mm, tomentose. Pedicel 0.5–0.6 cm, sparsely floccose or glabrescent; calyx crimson, fleshy; lobes 8–10 mm, unequal, glabrous; corolla funnelform-campanulate, vermilion, 3–3.5 cm, with black-red nectar pouches at base, lobes 5, spreading outwards, rounded; stamens unequal, 1.5–2.5 cm, filaments white, glabrous; ovary elongate-cylindric, 5–6 mm, 5-locular, glabrous; style white, 2.5–2.8 cm, glabrous; stigma capitate, red. Fl. May.
Forests, cliffs; ca. 3700 m. S Xizang.