Description

Shrub, c.1.5m; young shoots adpressed-strigose at first, soon glabrescent. Leaves dimorphic, chartaceous; spring leaves ovate, 4-5 x 2-2.3cm, c.2 x as long as broad, apex acute to shortly acuminate, base cuneate, margin ciliate towards base, upper surface initally adpressed-strigose, soon glabrescent, lower surface adpressed brownish-strigose especially on midrib; summer leaves 12-18 x 10mm, otherwise as for spring leaves; petioles 2-4mm, strigose. Inflorescence 5-6-flowered; pedicels 3-5mm, reddish strigose. Calyx densely strigose, lobes c.3mm. Corolla funnel-campanulate, white with red flecks, c.l6mm; tube c.9mm long, 5mm wide at base, hairy on outer surface, tapering. Stamens 5, filaments glabrous. Ovary densely reddish-brown-stri-gose; style strigose at base. Capsule not known.

Distribution

China (Guangdong)

Altitude

Habitat

Woodland

Nomenclatural History

Notes

References

Chamberlain, D.F. & Rae, S.J. (1990) A Revision of Rhododendron IV Subgenus Tsutsusi. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 47(2):106