Rhododendron asterochnoum Diels

Feddes Repert. 17: 296 (1921).

WFO ID: wfo-0001229316

IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331970-1

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Description

Small tree. Leaves oblanceolate, 18-20 x 5-6 cm, c.3.5 x as long as broad, apex rounded, base cuneate, lower surface with a sparse discontinuous whitish stellate indumentum; petioles 1.5-2.5 cm, floccose. Inflorescence 15-20-flowered; rhachis 20-25 mm; pedicels 35-50 mm, glabrous or with a few hairs. Calyx c. 2 mm. Corolla 5-lobed, funnel-campanulate, white tinged with rose, apparently with a basal blotch, c. 45 mm. Stamens c. 20, puberulent at base. Ovary and style glabrous; stigma discoid.

Distribution

China (C Sichuan)

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References

Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):229