Rhododendron pulchrum
Rhododendron pulchrum (锦绣杜鹃), also identified as Rhododendron x pulchrum is a rhododendron endemic to China. It grows as a semi-evergreen shrub, 1.5–2.5 meters in height, with leaf blades leathery, elliptic-oblong to elliptic-lanceolate or oblong-oblanceolate, 2–5(–7) × 1–2.5 cm in size. Flowers are rose-purple with dark red flecks. Hirsutum describes it as "a natural hybrid; seed x pollen= R. mucronatum var mucronatum x R. indicum var formosanum".
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Synonyms
- Rhododendron indicum var. pulchrum (Sweet) G. Don
- Rhododendron indicum var. smithii Sweet
- Rhododendron phoeniceum f. smithii (Sweet) E.H. Wilson
References
- Brit. Fl. Gard. ser. 2, 2: t. 117. 1831.
- The Plant List entry
- Hirsutum entry
- Flora of China entry
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