Description

Shrub, 1-2 mm. Young growth sparsely lepidote. Leaves subdeciduous, flat or rarely slightly revolute, ± oblong-elliptic or rarely oblong-ovate, 30-42 x 13-18 mm, apex subacute or rounded, base rounded or somewhat cuneate, the lower surface with an indumentum of distant, straight or slightly curved loriform setae, which also occur on the margins and petioles, the surface white-papillose and with distant, equal, golden scales, upper surface glabrous and elepidote. Inflorescence (l-)2-3-flowered, pedicels 12-15 mm, sparsely lepidote. Calyx obscurely lobed, lobes 1-2 mm, sparsely lepidote and loriform-ciliate. Corolla yellow, c. 18 mm, tube 9-10 mm, lepidote and glabrous outside. Ovary lepidote, glabrous. Capsule cylindric, c. 10 mm

Distribution

China (SW & C Yunnan)

Altitude

Habitat

Rocky slopes

Nomenclatural History

Notes

References

Cullen, J. (1980) A Revision of Rhododendron 1: Subgenus Rhododendron sections Rhododendron & Pogonanthum. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(1):152