Description

Straggling shrubs, 0.5-1.5 m. Young growth lepidote and puberulous. At least some of the leaves overwintering, coriaceous, glabrous except for the shortly puberulent upper surface of the midrib, obtuse to retuse at the apex, densely lepidote beneath, 10-36 x 5-20 mm. Pedicels very short, obscure. Calyx very small, rim-like, densely lepidote. Corolla 14-21 mm, tube 5-11 mm, 20-35 mm in diameter, pink or violet-pink, pilose outside near the base, ± elepidote. Stamens 10, exserted, filaments pubescent towards the base, anthers grey. Ovary lepidote, style glabrous. Capsule ovoid, lepidote.

Distribution

USSR (eastern Siberia, Altai mountains, Angara-Sayan region, Ussuri region, Dahuria, region around the river Lena), MONGOLIA, China (northern part, adjacent to Mongolia), Japan (Hokkaido)

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References

Cullen, J. (1980) A Revision of Rhododendron 1: Subgenus Rhododendron sections Rhododendron & Pogonanthum. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(1):112