Description

Dwarf matted shrub, 0.3-0.6(-1.5)m; young shoots with a floccose tomentum; perulae persistent. Leaves obovate to oblanceolate, 3-6.5 x 1.4-2.4cm, 1.7-2.6 x as long as broad, apex rounded, apiculate, base ± cuneate, upper surface glabrous, lower surface papillate, glaucous, usually glabrous at maturity though sometimes with vestiges of reddish-brown or whitish indumentum persisting on the main veins and midrib; petioles broad, 0.3-0.6cm, usually with a floccose indumentum when young. Inflorescence 4-6-flowered; rhachis c.2mm; pedicels 15-30mm, floccose-tomentose, also with long dendroid hairs. Calyx 3-6mm, cupular, lobes glandular-ciliate, otherwise glabrous. Corolla thin, tubular-campanulate, white or yellow flushed pink to orange or rose, (30-)35—45mm. Ovary coarsely rufous-tomentose with a few glandular setae. Capsule 8-15 x c.6mm.

Distribution

NE Upper Burma & adjacent China (NW Yunnan)

Altitude

Habitat

Cliffs, meadows

Nomenclatural History

Notes

References

Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):400