Rhododendron Caroline [2] ( Latin Rhododéndron carolinianum ) - evergreen shrub , type of Caroliniana subsection, Rhododendron section, subgenus Rhododendron , genus Rhododendron ( Rhododendron ), heather family ( Ericaceae ) [3] .
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In many sources it is considered a synonym for Rhododendron minus .
Used as an ornamental garden plant.
Dissemination and ecology
Mountains in eastern North America .
Botanical description
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Evergreen shrub 1.0-1.5 m high. Young shoots are covered with glands.
The leaves are elliptical, 6-10 cm long, 3-4 cm wide, rounded at the end, wedge-shaped at the base, naked above, with well-marked venation, thickly covered with scales from below.
Flowers 4-9, funnel-shaped, about 3 cm in diameter, naked on the outside, purple-pink, or white. 10 stamens , their threads at the base covered with hairs.
It blooms in May - June [2] .
In culture
In a culture known since 1915.
Introduced in Latvia in 1958. Fully winter hardy. Cultivated in Riga, Jurmala, Tukums, Tulsa and other places [2] .
It withstands temperature reductions up to −26 ° С [3] .
Diseases and pests
Notes
- ↑ About the conditionality of specifying the class of dicotyledons as a higher taxon for the group of plants described in this article, see the section “APG Systems” of the article “Dicotyledons” .
- ↑ 1 2 3 Kondratovich R. Rhododendrons . - Riga: Zinatne, 1981.
- ↑ 1 2 Rhododendron minus var. minus (eng.) . American Rhododendron Society. The appeal date is November 14, 2016.