Details for: 12E0100066, Rhododendron catawbiense Michx., 'Leopold'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Rhododendron catawbiense Michx.

Cultivar:

'Leopold'

Origin:

Origin – Germany

Maintained:

The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening

Received by CRI:

1970

Improvement Status:

Advanced/improved cultivar

Life form:

Shrub

Growth class:

flowers: perennial vegetatively propagated

Is Core:

Form Received:

Field collection

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Rhododendron catawbiense Michx.

Cultivar:

'Leopold'

Origin:

Origin – Germany

Maintained:

The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening

Received by CRI:

1970

Improvement Status:

Advanced/improved cultivar

Life form:

Shrub

Growth class:

flowers: perennial vegetatively propagated

Is Core:

Form Received:

Field collection

Source History

Accession Group(s)

Group name: Pěnišník, růže sadové
Note: Rhododendron, Rosa
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Accession Names and Identifiers

'Leopold'

Type: Cultivar name

Rhododendron catawbiense hybr. group

Type: Full taxon

Narrative

Curator: Lenka Kašparová, The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening (CZE079) Lenka.Kasparova@vukoz.cz

Rhododendron catawbiense Michx.

Genus:

Rhododendron

Subgenus:

Hymenanthes

Section:

Ponticum

Family:

Ericaceae

Subfamily:

Ericoideae

Tribe:

Rhodoreae

Nomen number:

5025

Place of publication:

Fl. bor.-amer. 1:258. 1803

Verified:

June 06, 1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Common names

LANGUAGE	NAME	SEQ	CITATION
English	catawba rhododendron	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	mountain rose bay	1	Luteyn, J. L. et al. 1996. Ericaceae of the southeastern United States. Castanea 61:119.
English	purple-laurel	1	Luteyn, J. L. et al. 1996. Ericaceae of the southeastern United States. Castanea 61:119.
Swedish	catawba-rododendron	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Availability
BIOLOGY	112 Winter frost damage - leaves	Fig. 11	0 - damage not found	2005 Research Institute of Ornamental Gardening Pruhonice	Out of Season
BIOLOGY	113 Winter frost damage - flower buds	113 Winter frost damage - flower buds	0 - not found, all buds opened	2005 Research Institute of Ornamental Gardening Pruhonice	Out of Season
BIOLOGY	118 Susceptibility to feeding Otiorrhynchus sp.	Without inoculation in monoculture	0 - feeding not found	2005 Research Institute of Ornamental Gardening Pruhonice	Out of Season
MORPHOLOGY	001 Plant - persistence of leaves	001 Plant - persistence of leaves	3 - evergreen	2005 Research Institute of Ornamental Gardening Pruhonice	Out of Season
MORPHOLOGY	002 Plant - density of branches and foliage	002 Plant - density of branches and foliage	5 - intermediate	2005 Research Institute of Ornamental Gardening Pruhonice	Out of Season
MORPHOLOGY	003 Plant - habit	Fig. 1	7 - broadly prostrate < 0,6	2005 Research Institute of Ornamental Gardening Pruhonice	Out of Season
MORPHOLOGY	012 Mature leaf - blade shape	Fig. 2 / Matured leaves are observed at the time of end of growth	4 - broadly elliptic	2005 Research Institute of Ornamental Gardening Pruhonice	Out of Season
MORPHOLOGY	013 Mature leaf - blade length	Matured leaves are observed at the time of end of growth	5 - intermediate 6,1-10 (cm)	2005 Research Institute of Ornamental Gardening Pruhonice	Out of Season
MORPHOLOGY	023 Inflorescence - attitude on the shoot	Fig. 3	1 - terminal	2009 Research Institute of Ornamental Gardening Pruhonice	Out of Season
MORPHOLOGY	024 Inflorescence - number of flowers	024 Inflorescence - number of flowers	9 - very high > 15	2009 Research Institute of Ornamental Gardening Pruhonice	Out of Season
MORPHOLOGY	026 Flower - shape of flower bud	Fig. 5	5 - ovate	2005 Research Institute of Ornamental Gardening Pruhonice	Out of Season
MORPHOLOGY	004 Plant - height	In 10 years of age	5 - medium 51- 90 (cm)	2005 Research Institute of Ornamental Gardening Pruhonice	Out of Season
MORPHOLOGY	005 Shoot - colour in the upper part	Sprouting shoot	3 - light green	2005 Research Institute of Ornamental Gardening Pruhonice	Out of Season
MORPHOLOGY	006 Shoot - indumentum	Sprouting shoot	3 - sparse hairs	2005 Research Institute of Ornamental Gardening Pruhonice	Out of Season
MORPHOLOGY	014 Mature leaf - blade width	Matured leaves are observed at the time of end of growth	7 - broad 4,1- 6 (cm)	2005 Research Institute of Ornamental Gardening Pruhonice	Out of Season
MORPHOLOGY	015 Mature leaf - petiole length	Matured leaves are observed at the time of end of growth	6 - intermediate to long 3,1- 4 (cm)	2005 Research Institute of Ornamental Gardening Pruhonice	Out of Season
MORPHOLOGY	018 Mature leaf - indumentum on the lower side	Matured leaves are observed at the time of end of growth	0 - hairless	2005 Research Institute of Ornamental Gardening Pruhonice	Out of Season
MORPHOLOGY	019 Mature leaf - colour of upper side	Matured leaves are observed at the time of end of growth	4 - dark green	2005 Research Institute of Ornamental Gardening Pruhonice	Out of Season
MORPHOLOGY	021 Mature leaf - colour of lower side	Matured leaves are observed at the time of end of growth	0 - grey green	2005 Research Institute of Ornamental Gardening Pruhonice	Out of Season