


Rhododendron ponticum L.

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Rhododendron ponticum L.
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Rhododendron ponticum
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Rhododendron ponticum L.
Large evergreen shrub to c. 6 m high. Lvs glabrous; petiole to c. 1.5 cm long, slightly grooved above. Lamina 7-12 × 1.5-4 cm (lvs of young plants often much larger), narrow-elliptic or elliptic-obovate, coriaceous, entire, dark shining green above. Racemes short with usually < 20 fls. Bracts large, scarious, often villous on both sides, glandular-denticulate, caducous. Pedicels 2-2.5 cm long, with very short glandular hairs. Calyx 1.5-5 mm long, irregularly and deeply lobed; margin glandular-ciliolate. Corolla 3.5-4 cm long, campanulate, purple to violet, spotted brown inside on upper lobes; lobes ?-3/4 length of tube, imbricate, undulate, rounded at apex. Stamens 10; filaments 2.5-4 cm long, unequal, hairy in lower 1/2. Style > stamens, glabrous. Ovary glabrous or slightly hairy. Capsule 10-18 mm long, oblong.
Taxonomic concepts
Rhododendron ponticum L.
Rhododendron ponticum L.
Rhododendron ponticum L.
Rhododendron ponticum L.
Rhododendron ponticum L.
Rhododendron ponticum L.
Rhododendron ponticum L.
Rhododendron ponticum L.
Rhododendron ponticum L.
Rhododendron ponticum L.
Rhododendron ponticum L.
Rhododendron ponticum L.
Rhododendron ponticum L.
Rhododendron ponticum L.
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1 January 2000