Family: Ericaceae
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Rhododendron luteum Sweet
Collector/Expedition: Russian Caucasus Expedition (RBGE, Kew, Howick Arboretum - 2013),
Collection number: 136
Collection date: 4th September 2013
Country/Territory: Russia
Collecting locality: Russian Federation:N. Caucasus:Karachaj-Circassian Republic:close to Tumanly-Kel Lake, Gonachkhir Valley, between Teberda and Dombeji
Latitude: 43°16'60''N, Longitude: 41°47'38''E
Habitat: Dry steep south facing mountainside of open mixed woodland; Vegetation: Betula pendula, Pinus sylvestris var. hamata and Sorbus aucuparia, Primula pseudoelatior
Description: Deciduous shrub to 1.2m x 6m with narrow elliptic leaf to 10cm x 2.5cm mid green and hirsute both above and below, fruit a green narrow ovoid capsule to 2.2cm x 1cm.
Kind of specimen: HERBARIUM SPECIMEN/SHEET
Barcode: E00701427
Herbarium region: 1 (Europe excl. Britain and Ireland)
Number of sheets: 1