Bull. Soc. Agric. Art. Sarthe 39:48 (1903)
WFO ID: wfo-0001229733
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332129-1
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Shrub to 5 m high, young branches glabrous. Leaves glabrous; blade narrowly obovate to oblanceolate, 75-150 x 35-40mm, base and apex attenuated, thinly coriaceous; petiole 8-12 mm long. Inflorescence buds lateral, at the ends of leafy shoots, 3- or more-flowered; bud scales glabrous or with minute cilia on the margins, caducous; pedicels 25-30 mm long, laxly or densely pubescent. Calyx of 5 minute lobes, glabrous or ciliate. Corolla white to rose, tube 12-I5mm, lobes 20-24 x 10-12mm. Stamens 10, filaments hairy on lower part (? sometimes glabrous). Ovary cylindric, 7 mm high, pubescent; style glabrous. Capsule c.40-50 mm long.
China (Guizhou, Guangxi).
Philipson, W.R. & Philipson, M.N. (1986) A Revision of Rhododendron III. Subgenera Azaleastrum, Mumeazalea, Candidastrum and Therorhodion. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 44(1):12