Rhododendron sanctum Nakai

Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 630 (1932)

WFO ID: wfo-0000405402

IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:333286-1

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Description

Tree, to 5m; young shoots becoming glabrous. Leaves broadly rhombic, 3-8 x 2.5-6cm, apex acuminate, upper surface densely hairy at first, becoming glabrous, lower surface with scattered hairs persisting along midrib; petioles 2-4mm, densely covered with red-brown pilose hairs. Inflorescence 3-4-flowered, flowers appearing before leaves; pedicels 5-10mm, densely pilose. Calyx minute, densely pilose. Corolla funnel-campanulate, 25-35mm, rose-pink, rarely white, with darker flecks, lobes 20mm, oblong. Stamens 10, unequal, glabrous. Ovary densely pilose; style pilose in lower half. Capsule c.lOmm, pilose.

Distribution

Japan (Hondo)

Altitude

Habitat

Mountain sides

Nomenclatural History

R. weyrichii Maxim, var. sanctum (Nakai) Hatusima, Sci. Rep. Yokosuka City Mus. 15: 23 (1969)

Notes

References

Chamberlain, D.F. & Rae, S.J. (1990) A Revision of Rhododendron IV Subgenus Tsutsusi. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 47(2):151