Rhododendron caesium Hutch.

TSO logo

Sponsor

Kindly sponsored by
Peter Norris, enabling the use of The Rhododendron Handbook 1998

Credits

New article for Trees and Shrubs Online.

Recommended citation
'Rhododendron caesium' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/rhododendron/rhododendron-caesium/). Accessed 2024-03-18.

Genus

Other taxa in genus

Glossary

Credits

New article for Trees and Shrubs Online.

Recommended citation
'Rhododendron caesium' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/rhododendron/rhododendron-caesium/). Accessed 2024-03-18.

Shrub, 1–2 m; young shoots sparsely scaly. Leaves more or less deciduous, 3–4.2 × 1.3–1.8 cm, oblong-elliptic to (rarely) oblong-ovate, apex subacute to rounded, margin slightly revolute, lower surface white-papillose, scales distant, equal, golden, sparsely covered with straight or slightly curved setae. Flowers (1–)2–3, in a loose terminal inflorescence; calyx lobes to 2 mm, ciliate; corolla yellow, funnel-campanulate, c.18 mm, outer surface scaly, otherwise glabrous; stamens 10; ovary scaly, style impressed, sharply deflexed, glabrous. Flowering May-June. Royal Horticultural Society (1997)

Distribution  China Yunnan

Habitat 2,450–3,050 m

RHS Hardiness Rating H4

Conservation status Near threatened (NT)