Rhododendron noriakianum Suzuki

Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 25: 40 (1935)

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Description

Low shrub; young shoots ad pressed-strigose, soon glabrescent. Leaves monomorphic, deciduous, chartaceous, ovate to ovate-oblong, 0.7-1.5 x 0.4-0.6cm, 1.7-2.5 x as long as broad, apex obtuse, apiculate, base cuneate, margin entire, upper surface glabrescent; petioles l-2mm, strigose. Inflorescence 3-4-flowered; pedicels 3-4mm, densely pilose. Calyx densely pilose, lobes acute. Corolla funnel-shaped, 15mm, red, details of tube not known. Stamens 7-10, unequal, slightly exserted; filaments pubescent below. Ovary pubescent; style glabrous.

Distribution

China (N Taiwan)

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Open grasslands

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References

Chamberlain, D.F. & Rae, S.J. (1990) A Revision of Rhododendron IV Subgenus Tsutsusi. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 47(2):125