Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 3:410 (1821).
WFO ID: wfo-0001229593
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332096-1
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Shrub or small tree, 1.3-4.5m; young shoots glabrous. Leaves ovate to broadly elliptic, 7-14 x 3.8-7.5cm, 1.9-2.5 x as long as broad, apex ± rounded, apiculate, base rounded to cordate, upper surface glabrous when mature, lower surface with a dense fulvous lanate tomentum composed of capitellate to ramiform hairs; petioles 1.5-2.5cm, glabrous. Inflorescence 8-15-flowered; rhachis up to 25mm; pedicels 15-25mm, glabrous. Calyx c.lmm, glabrous. Corolla open-campanulate, white to pale mauve or pink, with ± pronounced purple flecks, 30-50mm. Ovary glabrous. Capsule 20-30 x c.5mm, usually curved. ** * Rhododendron campanulatum * var. * aeruginosum * ** Leaves 7-9.5cm long (wild specimens), coriaceous, opening with a bluish metallic bloom on the upper surface; corolla lilac or purple. ** * Rhododendron campanulatum * var. * campanulatum * ** Leaves 9.5-14cm long, subcoriaceous, without a metallic bloom; corolla whitish to pale rose or lilac.
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):372