Base de datos de plantas del FNPS

Rhododendron minus var. chapmanii

Chapman's rhododendron
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

Chapman's rhododendron

Sinónimo(s):

Especie del género:

Rhododendron minus var. chapmanii

Familia:

Ericaceae

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

shrub

Tamaño:

3-6 ft tall by 3-6 ft wide

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

pink

Color de la fruta:

Fenología:

Deciduous. Blooms in spring before the new leaves come out.

Destacado por:

Showy Flowers

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

Specimen plant. Screen plant. Can be grown in a mass under trees.

Consideraciones:

Disponibilidad:

Native Nurseries, Seed

Propagación:

Cuttings, or divisions. Apparently seed is not a major form of reproduction.

Luz:

Part Sun, Shade

Tolerancia a la humedad:

Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco

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Not wet but not extremely dry -a- Short very dry periods

Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:

Unknown

Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Suelo u otro sustrato:

Sand, Loam

pH del suelo:

Highly acidic to acidic

Apto para cultivo en:

8A,8B,9A,9B

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Acreditado en:

Distribution
Vouchered
Not vouchered
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Map coded by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes (Paynes Prairie Chapter)

Ecología

Fauna:

Pollinators, Hummingbirds

Attracts insects.  Apparently important to bumble bees.

Attracts pollinators, including hummingbirds.

Hábitats nativos:

Mesic flatwoods, scrubby flatwoods, seep slope. Ecotone between flatwoods and edges of titi swamps.

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

Comentarios generales:

Endemic to Florida



Listed as Endangered by the USFWS and FL 

FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

Encyclopedia.com. (Undated). Rhododendron, Chapman's. ( https://www.encyclopedia.com/environment/applied-and-social-sciences-magazines/rhododendron-chapmans ). Accessed 2026.


Chafin, L. G. (2000). Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida. Florida Natural Areas Inventory, Tallahassee, FL.


Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. (1999+). Atlas of Florida Plants. ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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