Description

Shrub; young shoots densely spreading-glandular-pubescent and setulose. Leaves dimorphic, coriaceous; spring leaves elliptic-oblong, 3.5-3.8 x 1.5cm, c.2 x as long as broad, apex shortly acuminate, margins entire; upper surface with lamina soon glabrescent, lower surface with a yellowish brown pubescence and a few short strigose hairs; summer leaves elliptic-oblong to linear, 15-18 x c.7mm, otherwise as for spring leaves; petioles 2-2.5mm, densely spreading-setulose and glandular pubescent. Inflorescence c.I4-flowered, pedicels 5-7mm, densely strigose. Calyx strigose, lobes small, triangular. Corolla narrowly funnel-shaped, rose-red, c.l8mm; tube 10mm, 2.5mm at base, 4mm broad below lobes. Stamens 5, filaments glabrous. Ovary setose; style glabrous. Fruit not known.

Distribution

China (Fujian)

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References

Chamberlain, D.F. & Rae, S.J. (1990) A Revision of Rhododendron IV Subgenus Tsutsusi. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 47(2):102