The rhododendron is myrtle leaf [2] , or the rhododendron Kochi [3] , ( lat. Rhododéndron myrtifólium ) - an evergreen shrub native to Eastern Europe, a species of the genus Rhododendron ( Rhododendron ) of the Heather family ( Ericaceae ).
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Rhododendron myrtifolium Schott & Kotschy , 1851 |
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Rhododendron myrtifolium .
Montenegro ,
Carpathians Rhododendron Kochi is a small, unbranched shrub that does not exceed 50 cm in height. Young twigs rust-scaled. The leaves are evergreen, 1-2 cm long, obtuse, narrowly obovate in shape. The lower surface is rarely scaly.
Inflorescences are apical brushes. Corolla bright pink in color, bell-shaped funnel-shaped. The calyx is small, but divided into noticeable lobes. The column of pestle is slightly inferior in length to the ovary. Stamens in an amount of 10.
Seeds of elliptical shape, flattened, longitudinally ribbed, slightly shiny, orange-brown.
Carpathian rhododendron is distributed on the Balkan Peninsula , in the Eastern and Southern Carpathians , in Bulgaria , Macedonia, and Ukraine .
In GBS since 1964. Seedlings grown from seeds obtained from Newcastle ( UK ) died in the fourth year of life. Currently, the nursery has 17 specimens brought from the Carpathians from Mount Goverla in 1968 and 1972. The height of the bushes is 0.1-0.3 m. The growth of shoots occurs from early May to mid-July. Carpathian plants tolerate Moscow conditions quite well, evidence of this is their flowering from the third decade of May to early June. Fruit setting was not observed. Rhododendron overwinter in the snow. Shoots are lignified 100%. Winter hardiness I [4] .
According to the American Rhododendron Society , Carpathian rhododendron can withstand temperature drops of −23 ° C [5] .
Synonyms
- Rhododendron ferrugineum subsp. myrtifolium (Schott & Kotschy) Hayek , 1928
- Rhododendron kotschyi Simonk. , 1887
- Cullen, J. A Revision of Rhododendron 1: Subgenus Rhododendron sections Rhododendron & Pogonanthum (English) // Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh: journal. - 1980. - Vol. 39 , no. 1 . - P. 111 .
