R. ledebourii





subgenus Rhododendron
section Rhododendron
subsection Rhodorastra

 
Main features of the subsection :

Small to moderately sized shrubs, to 1.5m ; young shoots scaly and puberulous ; new vegetative growth from bud below those that produce the inflorescences. Leaves partially or entirely deciduous; rarely all evergreen, lower surface densely or laxly covered in medium-sized scales. Inflorescence axillary, at the end of the branches, 1-flowered. Calyx rim-like. Corolla open-funnel-shaped ; stamens 10, declinate ; ovary impressed below the declinate style. Seeds unwinged and obscurely finned.
 

Rhododendron dauricum
Rhododendron ledebourii
Rhododendron mucronulatum var. mucronulatum
Rhododendron mucronulatum var. taquetii
Rhododendron sichotense



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