Rhododendron fulvum

Rhododendron fulvum (Chinese: 镰果杜鹃; pinyin: liánguǒ dùjuān) is a species of flowering plant in the heath family that is native to northern Myanmar and China. In China, it is found in southwest Sichuan, southeast Xizang, and western Yunnan.[1] It grows at altitudes of 2,700–4,400 m (8,900–14,400 ft). It is an evergreen shrub or small tree growing to 2–8 m (6.6–26.2 ft) in height, with leathery leaves that are oblanceolate to oblong-lanceolate or obovate, 8–20 by 3–7.5 cm in size. The undersides are felted with a striking cinnamon colour. The flowers, borne in trusses in spring, are loosely bell-shaped, pale rose pink, with a crimson basal blotch and sometimes red spots.[2]

Rhododendron fulvum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Rhododendron
Species:
R. fulvum
Binomial name
Rhododendron fulvum

In cultivation in the UK Rhododendron fulvum has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.[2][3] It is hardy down to −15 °C (5 °F) but requires a sheltered spot in dappled shade, and an acid soil enriched with leaf mould.

Lower taxa
  • Rhododendron fulvum subsp. fulvoides (I. B. Balfour & Forrest) D. F. Chamberlain
  • Rhododendron fulvum subsp. fulvum (listed as a synonym by some authorities)[4]

References
  1. Linzhen, Hu; Chamberlain, David F. "Rhododendron fulvum". Flora of China. 14. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  2. "RHS Plantfinder - Rhododendron fulvum". Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  3. "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 85. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  4. "Rhododendron fulvum". The Plant List. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  • "Rhododendron fulvum", I. B. Balfour & W. W. Smith, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh. 10: 110. 1917.
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