Journ. Linn. Soc. 18:75 (1880)
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Low shrub to 0.5 m. Young growth lepidote and sometimes puberulent. Leaves narrowly elliptic to elliptic, 47-80 x 13-25 mm, thick, apex ± obtuse, base rounded-cuneate, lower surface pale green, scales 1-2 x their own diameter apart, upper surface dark green, elepidote, puberulent along the main vein at the base (and along the petiole). Inflorescence rachis 20-50 mm, flowers 12-16, pedicels densely lepidote. Calyx lobes variable in shape, from narrowly triangular to oblong, apex acute or rounded, 4-6 mm, lepidote, often margined with scales. Corolla white or greenish white, with tubular base and rotate limb, tube 6-8 mm, lobes c. 5 mm, elepidote and glabrous outside, sparsely pilose within the tube. Stamens 10, exserted, filaments pilose towards the base. Capsule lepidote, ± cylindric, c. 7 mm
Afghanistan, Pakistan
Cliffs and forests
Cullen, J. (1980) A Revision of Rhododendron 1: Subgenus Rhododendron sections Rhododendron & Pogonanthum. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(1):156