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Rhododendron reticulatum
is a deciduous shrub, 1.5-4m in height,
inhabiting sunny forests in coastal to hilly districts, with
gray-black bark. Leaves are in a whorl on branch tops, each blade
being 2.5-7cm in length, 1.5-5cm in width, in the shape of a broad
ovate or diamond-shaped ovate. The widest part is lower than the
middle horizontal line. Flowers, light red-purple, come into bloom
before or at the same time as the leaves develop, 1 or 2 each on the
branch tips; corollas, 3- 4.5 cm in diameter, infundibular, cleft
deeply into five lobes. Bloom time: March-April. |
Wild plants in and around Shimane
島根とその周辺の野生植物
