Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 11: 21 (1919).
WFO ID: wfo-0001048728
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331897-1
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Shrub, l-2m; young shoots floccose-tomentose, eglandular. Leaves elliptic, 8.5-9.5 X c.2.2cm, c.4 x as long as broad, apex rounded, apiculate, base rounded, upper surface glabrous, lower surface with a continuous bistrate indumentum, the upper layer light brown and ramiform-tomentose, the lower layer felted and ± compacted; petioles 0.5-lcm, sparsely floccose-tomentose. Inflorescence 5-6-flowered; rhachis 2-3mm; pedicels c.lOmm, sparsely tomentose. Calyx cupular, 3-4mm, lobes fleshy, sparsely tomentose, rounded. Corolla tubular-campanulate, bright crimson-rose, c.30mm. Ovary densely tomentose, tapering into the style. Capsule not known.
China (NW Yunnan)
Open forests
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):413