Rhododendron ponticum subsp. ponticum

الوصف النباتي

الأوراق

Leaves: Alternate, leathery, oblong to elliptic, 8–18 × 2–5 cm, entire, glabrous and glossy dark green above, paler beneath with scattered brownish hairs along the midrib; petiole 5–10 mm. Persistent for several years, giving the plant a dense evergreen aspect.

الأزهار

Inflorescence & flowers: Terminal corymbs of 8–20 funnel-shaped flowers, 25–35 mm long. Corolla lilac to deep purplish-pink with a darker blotch on the upper lobe; lobes 5, rounded. Calyx minute, 5-toothed; stamens 10, unequal, exserted; style slender, slightly longer than the corolla.

الثمار والبذور

Fruit: Capsule ovoid, 10–15 mm long, pubescent, dehiscing into five valves; seeds numerous, minute, brown, and narrowly winged.

مواسم النبات

الفنلوجية

Phenology: Flowers from April to June; fruits ripen in autumn.

الانتشار الموثق

Lebanese distribution: Rare and very localised, known from Ehden , Bcharreh , Tannourine , and Hadeth el-Jebbé in northern Mount Lebanon. Considered by Mouterde (1969) as a relict species of the humid montane flora.

Native to: Bulgaria, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe (POWO).

Introduced into: Belgium, France, Germany, Madeira, Myanmar, Netherlands (POWO).

الارتفاع الموثق

الارتفاع

000 m

لمحة نباتية

بنية النبات

Life-form & habit: Evergreen shrub or small tree, 2–6 m tall, with spreading or ascending branches forming dense thickets. Young twigs pubescent, later glabrescent, reddish-brown, and smooth.

الفصيلة والتصنيف

الاسم العلمي كما ورد

Rhododendron ponticum subsp. ponticum

الفصيلة

الخلنجية

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