Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 9:222 (1916)
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Fastigiate or rounded, much branched shrub, 8-60 cm. Leaves 3.5-11 x I -8-6 mm, broadly or narrowly elliptic to ovate, apex obtuse or rounded, mucro small or absent, base cuneate or truncate, undersurface uniformly ferrugineous with contiguous scales. Inflorescence 3-4(-5)-flowered, pedicels lepidote, 0-5-7.5 mm. Calyx obsolete to less than 1 mm, rarely to 2 mm, lobes deltoid, rounded or strap-shaped, margin lepidote and/or ciliate. Corolla pale lilac to rosy purple, usually narrowly funnel-shaped, 9-13 mm, tube 4-6 mm, pubescent inside and occasionally outside. Stamens 5-6(-8), filaments pubescent towards the base. Ovary lepidote, style usually short (up to 3 mm), rarely longer (6-8 mm), glabrous or slightly pubescent towards the base. Capsule c. 5 mm, ovoid to subrotund, lepidote.
China (N Yunnan)
Alpine screes, rocks and stony slopes
Cullen, J. (1980) A Revision of Rhododendron 1: Subgenus Rhododendron sections Rhododendron & Pogonanthum. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(1):99