The Species of Rhododendron 133 (1930).
Verified by:
Shrub, 0.6—2m; young shoots covered in glandular setae. Leaves obovate to elliptic, 8-12 x (2.5-)3-4cm, 2.3-3.2 x as long as broad, apex rounded, acuminate, base rounded to cordate, upper surface glabrous, lower surface with a continuous felted dark brown indumentum intermixed with glands which are prominent on midrib towards base; petioles 1—2cm, covered with stipitate glands. Inflorescence lax, 4-8-flowered; rhachis c.3mm; pedicels 20-25mm, stipitate-glandular. Calyx 3-6mm, stipitate-glandular, lobes rounded, unequal. Corolla campanulate, white to creamy yellow, usually flushed with pink, with a broad blotch and purple flecks, 30-35mm. Ovary densely stipitate-glandular; style usually glandular at base. Capsule 15-20 x 4-5mm.
China(SE Xizang, NW Yunnan), NE Upper Burma
Scrub, conifer forests, etc.
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):277