Description

Shrub or small tree, 2-5m; young shoots densely glandular-setose. Leaves ovate to obovate, 4.5-9 x 2.9-4cm, 2-3.5 x as long as broad, apex rounded, apiculate, base rounded, margin glandular-ciliate at base, upper surface glabrous when mature or with traces of hairs at base, lower surface with lamina glabrous and midrib glandular-setose; petioles 1-1.5cm, glandular-setose and floccose-tomentose. Inflorescence 5-8-fIowered; rhachis c.2mm; pedicels c.l5mm, tomentose and stipitate-glandular. Calyx 2-7mm, stipitate-glandular, lobes rounded. Corolla funnel-shaped, pale to deep purplish rose, with darker flecks, 35-40mm. Ovary dendroid-tomentose; style glabrous. Capsule up to 30 X 5mm, curved.

Distribution

China (SW Sichuan, adjacent NW Yunnan)

Altitude

Habitat

Forests, etc.

Nomenclatural History

Notes

References

Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):277