J. Bot. (Morot) 12: 260 (1898).
WFO ID: wfo-0001220771
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332322-1
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Dwarf shrub, 0.3- lm; perulae persistent. Leaves oblanceolate to elliptic, 4-5 x 1.5-1.8cm, c.2.7 x as long as broad, apex acute, base cuneate, upper surface with impressed veins so appearing bullate, lower surface with a unistrate red-brown detersile lanate ramiform indumentum; petioles c.0.5cm, densely tomentose. Inflorescence c.lO-flowered; pedicels c.lOmm, densely glandular-hirsute. Calyx c.3mm, densely hairy and stipitate-glandular, lobes ligulate, rounded. Corolla campanulate, pinkish, 25-30mm. Ovary glandular-pilose; style glandular in the lower half. Capsule not known.
China (E Sichuan)
Rocky slopes
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):337