J. Jap. Bot. 1: 21 (1917) English text. Type: Japan, Prov. Tosa
in Shikoku, Ochi, iv 1887, Makino, n.v.
WFO ID: wfo-0000400773
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332304-1
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Shrub or small tree; young shoots soon glabrous. Leaves broadly rhombic, 2-3(-6) x 2~4cm, apex acuminate, upper surface with glands, especially on midrib and veins, also with a few scattered hairs, lower surface with scattered villose hairs and glands; petioles 10-15mm, sparsely glandular, also with villose hairs. Inflorescence 1-3-flow-ered, flowers appearing before leaves; pedicels 5-8mm, villose, densely so at base, also with glands. Calyx minute, glandular, lobes ciliate. Corolla open funnel-campanulate, 25-28mm, magenta, spotted; lobes c.20mm, narrowly oblong. Stamens 10, unequal, filaments glabrous. Ovary glandular, with a few villose hairs; style glabrous. Capsule 8-15mm, curved.
Japan (S Honshu, Shikoku)
Forested hillsides
Chamberlain, D.F. & Rae, S.J. (1990) A Revision of Rhododendron IV Subgenus Tsutsusi. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 47(2):147