Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 11: 50 (1919).
Verified by:
Shrub, 1 — 3m. Leaves coriaceous, oblanceolate to elliptic, 6.5—9 X 2.2-3.2cm, c.3 x as long as broad, apex acuminate to apiculate, base ± cuneate, with lamina narrowly decurrent, margin with red sessile glands, entirely glabrous at maturity, lower epidermis epapillate; petioles 0.7-1cm, floccose-hairy at first, soon giabrescent. Inflorescence lax, 8—12-flowered; rhachis c.lOmm; pedicels 7-10mm, dendroid-tomentose. Calyx cupular, up to 10mm, lobes broadly ovate, glabrous except for the gland-fringed margin. Corolla tubular-campanulate, white flushed rose to deep rose-pink, with at least a few purple flecks, papillate-pubescent within towards base, 35-40mm. Ovary densely tomentose, with a few stipitate glands; style tomentose, at least in the lower half. Capsule not known.
China (W Yunnan, around Dali)
Open thickets
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):428