PI. Wils. 1:515 (1913)
WFO ID: wfo-0001048088
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332302-1
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Shrub, 0-6-5 m. Young growth greenish or brownish. Leaves 3 or more x longer than broad, (27-)30-62 x 11-20 mm, acute at the apex, cuneate at the base, often ± V-shaped in section, lower surface densely lepidote with small brown scales with narrow rims, the darker centre making up more than Vi the diameter of the scale, 1-2 x their own diameter apart. Inflorescence open, few-flowered, pedicels lepidote, (8—)11—15 mm. Calyx disc-like or undulate, sometimes ciliate. Corolla (21-)23-27 mm, pink, pinkish lavender or lavender, ± elepidote outside. Capsule 11-13 mm
China (SW & C Sichuan)
In thickets and on forest margins
R. charianthum Hutchinson, Bot. Mag. 142: t. 8665 (1916). Type: a cultivated specimen (holo. K)
Cullen, J. (1980) A Revision of Rhododendron 1: Subgenus Rhododendron sections Rhododendron & Pogonanthum. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(1):66