Description

Shrub, c.2m. Leaves elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, 6-17 x 2.8-8cm, 2-2.5 x as long as broad, apex acuminate to apiculate, base rounded, lower surface with a bistrate indumentum, the upper layer loose, composed of rust-red detersile ramiform hairs that usually do not persist, the lower compacted, whitish, persistent; petioles 0.5-2cm, densely tomentose. Inflorescence 7—20-flowered; rhachis up to 10mm; pedicels (15—)25—30mm, densely glandular. Calyx 7-10mm, sparsely glandular, lobes broad, divided almost to base. Corolla campanulate to funnel-campanulate, white or cream to pink, sometimes with crimson flecks and/or a basal blotch, 30-40mm. Ovary densely stipitate-glandular, sometimes also hairy; style glabrous or glandular at base. Capsule 15-20 x c.5mm. ** * Rhododendron faberi * var. * faberi * ** Leaves 6-11 x 2.8—4.5cm, when juvenile with upper layer of indumentum dense ** * Rhododendron faberi * var. * prattii * ** Leaves 10-17 x 5-8cm, when juvenile with upper layer of indumentum sparse

Distribution

China (C Sichuan)

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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):359