Pukeiti
Pukeiti
Pukeiti
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Taxon
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Taxon
Rhododendron insigne
Family:
Ericaceae (Heath)
Distribution:
China (Sichuan)
Habitat:
Sub-montane forest and summit vegetation, 2200-3000m
IUCN Red list:
Vulnerable
Life form:
Shrub - evergreen
Comments:
Habit: An evergreen shrub, the branchlets of which are densely covered with a whitish tomentum (hair).
Foliage: Oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate rigid leaves 6-11cm long by 1.6-5cm broad. The upper side is dark green and somewhat shiny. The underside is shiny with a thin plastered, pale copper indumentum.
Flowers: A truss of 6-16 campanulate pale pink flowers with a darker pink stripe along the lobe.
Locations
1:
Drive/Lawn L7
(T3/L7)
• Accession: T3/2011-0003 • Provenance: Garden
2:
Matthews M17
(T3/M17)
• Accession: T3/2016-0254/B • Provenance: Garden
3:
• Accession: T3/2016-0254 • Provenance: Garden
4:
Richardson B4
(T3/B4)
• Accession: T3/2011-0003 (3) • Provenance: Garden
5:
Richardson R5
(T3/R5)
• Accession: T3/2014-0029
Area
Individual