Description

Shrub to 1 -5 m. Leaves elliptic to obovate, cuneate at the base, apex very bluntly rounded to almost retuse, 30-55 x (14—)18—30 mm, upper surface dark green, elepidote or very sparsely lepidote, lower surface with very marked veins, and scales of varying density. Inflorescence (3-)4-5-flowered, pedicels lepidote, (18-)20-27 mm, rachis very short, pubescent with at least some loriform hairs which, in some specimens, tend to be dendritic. Calyx lobes ovate, rounded at the apex, (3-)5-7(-9) mm, somewhat glaucous, tepidote at the base and around the margins. Corolla campanulate, (15-)20-25 mm, tube (8-)9-12 mm, pink to purplish, sometimes spotted, elepidote or very sparsely lepidote outside. Capsule ovoid, c. 10 mm. ** * Rhododendron charitopes * var. * charitopes * ** ** * Rhododendron charitopes * var. * tsangpoense * **

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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):141