Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 11: 243 (1922).
WFO ID: wfo-0001048644
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332212-1
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Dwarf shrub, 0.3-1.3m. Leaves oblanceolate to elliptic, 4-6.5 x 1-1.8cm, 3.5-4.5 x as long as broad, apex acute, base cuneate, lower surface with a sparse reddish sub-ramiform indumentum intermixed with stipitate glands, persistent on the midrib, detersile on the lamina; petioles c.0.5cm, tomentose. Inflorescence c.6-flowered; rhachis minute; pedicels 25-30mm, sparsely stipitate-glandular. Calyx 2-4mm, glandular-ciliate, lobes rounded. Corolla campanulate, bright yellow with crimson spots, c.30mm. Ovary stipitate-glandular; style glandular to tip. Capsule not known.
China (NW Yunnan)
Stony slopes
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):337