Edinb. J. Bot. 47(2):197 (1990)
Verified by:
Shrub, 4.5m; young shoots adpressed-brown-strigose. Leaves probably dimorphic, chartaceous; spring leaves elliptic-ovate lanceolate, 3.5-6.5 x 1.6-2.8cm, c.2.3 x as long as broad, apex acuminate, base cuneate, margin with stiff incurved hairs, ± entire, upper surface sparsely adpressed-strigose, lower surface adpressed rufous-strigose, densely so on midrib and lateral veins; petioles 6-12mm, densely adpressed strigose. Inflorescence 3-flowered; pedicels 5-7mm, densely brown-strigose with large stiff and thinner crisped hairs. Calyx ± obsolete, strigose. Corolla open funnel-shaped, light pink, darker inside, 23-27mm; tube 6-7mm, glabrous, 3mm broad at base, 6mm broad above. Stamens 5, 30mm long, scabrid at base. Ovary densely strigose; style glabrous 35mm. Capsule unknown.
N E India (Arunachal Pradesh)
River beds
Chamberlain, D.F. & Rae, S.J. (1990) A Revision of Rhododendron IV Subgenus Tsutsusi. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 47(2):131