Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 16:177 (1931)
WFO ID: wfo-0001048058
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332192-1
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Shrub of 1-3-1-6 m. Young growth loriform-setose. Leaves narrowly ovate to elliptic, rounded at the base, ± acuminate towards the apex, 50-70 x 30-35 mm, upper surface dark brownish green, lower surface brownish with rather lax scales; petiole loriform-setose. Inflorescence 3-4-flowered, pedicels lepidote. Calyx rather conspicuous, undulately 5-lobed, the lobes broadly triangular, obtuse, loriform-ciliate, lepidote, c. 4 mm. Corolla white with a greenish blotch at the base, 55-60 mm, tube c. 30 mm, pilose near the base, laxly lepidote all over the outside. Ovary lepidote. Capsule unknown
China. (N & NW Yunnan)
Cliffs and boulders,
Cullen, J. (1980) A Revision of Rhododendron 1: Subgenus Rhododendron sections Rhododendron & Pogonanthum. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(1):48