Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 15: 311 (1927).
WFO ID: wfo-0001048866
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332364-1
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Shrub, 1-1.6m. Leaves elliptic-oblong, 7-13 x 2.4-3.5cm, 3-3.7 x as long as broad, apex acute, base rounded, lower surface covered with a dense unistrate ramiform lanate indumentum, deep pink when young, maturing to a rich rufous brown; petioles 1 —1.5cm, tomentose at first, later glabrescent. Inflorescence 10-20-flowered; rhachis 2-3mm; pedicels c.20mm, rufous-tomentose, at least at first. Calyx c.l2mm, stipitate-glandular, lobes oblong, rounded, glandular-ciliate. Corolla campanulate, pale purplish pink, with crimson flecks, 30-4Omm. Ovary densely stipitate-glandular; style with a few glands at base. Capsule c.15 x 5mm.
China (NW Yunnan, SW Sichuan, nr Yungning)
Among conifers, rocky slopes, meadows
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):339