Description

Shrub to 2 m. Leaves narrowly elliptic to narrowly obovate, acute to rounded at the apex, cuneate at the base, 35-55 X 12-20(-23) mm, upper surface dark green, lower surface with scales more than 2 x their own diameter apart, the smaller scales clear or milky. Inflorescence 3-7(-10)-flowered, pedicels lepidote, 12-25(-30) mm, rachis distinct, more than 4 mm, lepidote or very rarely minutely puberulent. Calyx lobes rounded at the apex, slightly glaucous, lepidote at the base and sometimes around the margin. Corolla campanulate, pale or greenish yellow, 10-20 mm, tube 6-11 mm, elepidote or sparsely lepidote outside. Capsule ± globose or ovoid-globose, c. 8 mm. ** * Rhododendron brachyanthum * var. * brachyanthum * ** ** * Rhododendron brachyanthum * var. * hypolepidotum * **

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References

Cullen, J. (1980) A Revision of Rhododendron 1: Subgenus Rhododendron sections Rhododendron & Pogonanthum. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(1):144