R. ferrugineum




subgenus Rhododendron
section Rhododendron
subsection Rhododendron

 
Main features of the subsection :

Small shrubs, to 1.5m ; young shoots densely scaly, sometimes also with a few hairs. Leaves evergreen, lower surface covered with large golden or reddish-brown scales. Inflorescence terminal, with a conspicuous rhachis. Calyx small but clearly lobed. Corolla tubular-campanulate ; stamens 10, declinate ; style straight or declinate. Seeds unwinged and obscurely finned.
 

Rhododendron ferrugineum
Rhododendron hirsutum
Rhododendron myrtifolium



SEE THE WHOLE 1998 CLASSIFICATION


 
IN ENGLISH
 
 
EN FRANÇAIS