Family: Ericaceae
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Rhododendron longiflorum Lindl.
Country/Territory: United Kingdom
Garden collecting location: P10 - Research Collection
Verbatim garden collecting location: P10:Research Collection
Description: Leaves with strong purplish-red colorartion. Basal bracts recurved away, main bracts appressed, mucronate with patches of brown scales in the upper **** part and all over finely papillose - sericius outside. Calyx lobes all 5 well developed c. 8 x 1 mm reflexed outwards. Flower bud ovoid c. 25 x 9 mm. Flowers c. 50 x 50 mm, orange semi erect to horizontal, tubes c. 36 x 5 x 10 mm, sulcate, groved in lower half; lobes 25 x 15 mm. Stamens ± well groups in 5s on each side of the lower half of the mouth; anthers dark purple, filaments red. Style immature well within mouth lying on lower side of this tube, green at base, yellowish above. Stigma pink, hardly expanded from style, c. 1 mm diameter.
Collection date: 25th October 1999
Kind of specimen: HERBARIUM SHEET
Barcode: E00328855
Cite as: https://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00328855
Herbarium region: Cultivated (Cultivated)
Number of sheets: 1
This specimen is a voucher for RBGE accession: 19973611A
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