Rhododendron tsusiophyllum Sugim.

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'Rhododendron tsusiophyllum' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/rhododendron/rhododendron-tsusiophyllum/). Accessed 2024-03-19.

Genus

Other taxa in genus

Glossary

campanulate
Bell-shaped.
corolla
The inner whorl of the perianth. Composed of free or united petals often showy.

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'Rhododendron tsusiophyllum' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/rhododendron/rhododendron-tsusiophyllum/). Accessed 2024-03-19.

Dwarf shrub, to c.0.3 m; young shoots covered with adpressed flattened bristles. Leaves of one kind, 1–1.2 × 0.5–0.7 cm, obovate, apex acute, upper surface glabrous when mature, lower surface with a few bristles on the midrib, otherwise glabrous; petioles covered with bristles. Pedicels apparently hairy. Flowers 1–4 per inflorescence; calyx minute; corolla pink in bud, fading to white, tubular-campanulate, c.10 mm; stamens (4–)5; ovary covered with bristles, style glabrous. Flowering July. Royal Horticultural Society (1997)

Distribution  Japan S Honshu and adjacent Islands

Habitat c. 500 m

RHS Hardiness Rating H4

Conservation status Least concern (LC)

Taxonomic note (Tsusiophyllum tanakae Maxim.) Royal Horticultural Society (1997)

A distinctive species on account of its tubular-campanulate corolla with short lobes, half as long as tube. Royal Horticultural Society (1997)