Description

Shrub or small tree, 2-6m; young shoots setulose-glandular. Leaves oblong to oblong-oblanceolate, 15-20(-30) x 4.5-8(-10)cm, 2.5-3(-3.5) x as long as broad, apex rounded, apiculate, base auriculate, margin fringed with small glands, lower surface with scattered villous hairs, especially on the midrib and main veins, also glandular, sometimes ± glabrous at maturity; petioles densely setulose-glandular, l-3cm. Inflorescence 6-15-flowered; rhachis 20-40mm; pedicels 20-25mm, stout, stipitate-glandular. Calyx c. 2mm, sparsely stipitate-glandular, lobes minute. Flowers fragrant. Corolla 7-lobed, funnel-shaped, white or cream to rosy pink, with greenish colouring inside at base, 80- 110mm. Stamens 14. Ovary densely stipitate-glandular; style glandular to tip. Capsule 20-35 x 8-10mm, cylindrical

Distribution

China (E Sichuan, W Hubei, E Guizhou)

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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):241