Family: Ericaceae
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Rhododendron ovatum (Lindl.) Planch. ex Maxim.
Country/Territory: United Kingdom
Garden collecting location: Z42 - Bottom Glasshouses and Frames - Logan
Verbatim garden collecting location: Z42:Logan: Bottom Glasshouses & Frames
Description: Plant c. 1 x 0.7 m in 10 years. Bark thin, mahogany coloured. Leaves narrowly elliptic, sub-acute, apiculate, base cuneate, lamina (30--) 50--60 x 20--25 mm, dark green above, grey, papilose below; scales sunk in pits, dense to 2 times their diameter apart, dimporphic. Petioles 50--90 mm, densely lepidote lacking hairs. Flowers in a terminal whorl, 3--6 semi-erect, funnel-shaped flowers per truss. Corolla whitish to pale pink, 30--35 mm, tube c. 15 mm, glabrous. Filaments glabrous. Ovary lepidote, style impressed. Faint scent.
Collection number: 71
Collection date: 23rd April 2019
Kind of specimen: HERBARIUM SPECIMEN/SHEET
Barcode: E00850710
Cite as: https://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00850710
Herbarium region: Cultivated (Cultivated)
Number of sheets: 1
This specimen is a voucher for RBGE accession: 20150482A
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