SE Xizang, Tsarong, on Ka-gwr-pw, Mekong/Salween divide, 28°25’N, 14000ft, vi 1917, Forrest 14501 (holo. E; iso. K).
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Dwarf shrub, 0.6-1m. Leaves elliptic to obovate, 3-5 X 1.2-1.5cm, 2.5-3.5 X as long as broad, apex apiculate, base cuneate, lower surface with a dense bistrate indumentum, the upper layer red-brown, loosely lanate-tomentose, the lower compacted; petioles c.0.5cm, brown-tomentose. Inflorescence 6-10-flowered; rhachis c.5mm; pedicels c.lOmm, brown-tomentose. Calyx c.0.5mm, brown-tomentose. Corolla deep rose, with a few flecks, c.35mm. Ovary rufous-tomentose. Capsule not known.
China (SE Xizang, NW Yunnan)
Open pasture, stony slopes
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):346