Pukeiti
Pukeiti
Pukeiti
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Rhododendron phaeochitum (Vireya)
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Family:
Ericaceae (Heath)
Distribution:
New Guinea
IUCN Red list:
Least concern
Life form:
Shrub - evergreen
Comments:
Habit: A slender, upright shrub with dense, dark brown star-shaped scales.
Foliage: 3-4 elliptic or mostly obovate-elliptic leaves arranged in pseudowhorls arounds the stem, 4-10cm long by 2.5-5.5cm wide. Dark green with a dense, dark reddish-brown covering of scales on both surfaces.
Flowers: A truss of 3-7 rich pink tubular flowers hanging from terminal buds. The outside of the corolla is scaled.
Locations
1:
• Accession: T3/1989-1053
2:
• Accession: T3/2016-0190 • Provenance: Garden
3:
• Accession: T3/2018-0370 • Provenance: Garden
4:
Vireya (south side) V3
(T3/V3)
• Accession: T3/2013-0067/A • Provenance: Garden - wild origin
5:
Vireya (south side) V3
(T3/V3)
• Accession: T3/2016-0189 • Provenance: Garden
Area
Individual