Rhododendron campylogynum

Rhododendron campylogynum
R. campylogynum myrtilloides on Anglesey
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Rhododendron
Species: R. campylogynum
Binomial name
Rhododendron campylogynum

Rhododendron campylogynum (独龙杜鹃) is a rhododendron species native to northeast India and northeast Myanmar, where it grows at altitudes of 3500–4500 metres. It is a small creeping or prostrate shrub that grows 0.05–0.3 m in height, with leathery leaves, obovate to obovate-lanceolate in shape, up to 2.5 cm by 1.5 cm but often much smaller. The leaves are glandular and are strongly scented of myrrh when crushed. Flowers are purplish red or pink colour and of a distinctive simple, somewhat nodding, bell shape borne singly or in pairs on a short stalk.

In cultivation in the UK the cultivar group ‘Myrtilloides Group‘ has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.[1][2]

Synonyms

  • R. caeruleoglaucum
  • R. campylogynum var. celsum
  • R. campylogynum var. cremastum
  • R. cremastum
  • R. damascenum
  • R. glaucoaureum
  • R. myrtilloides

References


  1. ↑ "RHS Plantfinder - Rhododendron campylogynum 'Myrtilloides Group'". Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 85. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
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