Rhododendron dumicola Tagg & Forrest in Stevenson (ed.)

The Species of Rhododendron 643 (1930).

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Description

Shrub, l-2.5m. Leaves obovate to broadly elliptic, 6.5-7.5 x 3-4cm, 1.8-2.2 x as long as broad, apex apiculate to acuminate, base rounded, lower surface with a thin unistrate lanate brown evanescent indumentum; petioles 0.5-1.5cm, glabrescent. Inflorescence 5-10-flowered; rhachis c.5mm; pedicels c.20mm, glandular-tomentose. Calyx 7-10mm, with broad chartaceous, glabrous or glandular-ciliate lobes. Corolla white flushed rose, with purple flecks, c.40mm. Ovary stipitate-glandular; style glabrous. Capsule c. 12 x 6mm, curved.

Distribution

China (NW Yunnan)

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References

Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):338