Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien. Math.-Nat. Kl. 58:25 (1921)
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Shrub to 50 cm. Leaves 9-18 x 5-9 mm, broadly elliptic or rotund, apex rounded with a short reflexed mucro, base truncate or broadly cuneate, undersurface a uniform rusty brown, the scales irregularly contiguous. Inflorescence c. 3-flowered, pedicels densely lepidote, 2-3 mm. Calyx 4-5 mm, lobes ovate with a central band of scales, margins densely ciliate. Corolla and stamens unknown. Style up to 15 mm, pubescent towards the base. Capsule lepidote, 5 mm.
China (SW Sichuan)
Cullen, J. (1980) A Revision of Rhododendron 1: Subgenus Rhododendron sections Rhododendron & Pogonanthum. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(1):100