Feddes Repert. 13: 340 (1914).
WFO ID: wfo-0001229474
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332414-1
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Shrub, 1—5m. Leaves coriaceous, obovate-lanceolate, c.7 x 3cm, 2.3 x as long as broad, apex blunt, ± cucullate, upper surface glabrous, bullate with deeply impressed veins, lower surface with a bistrate indumentum, the lower layer white and compacted, the upper yellowish at first, becoming silvery, lanate-tomentose, hairs ramiform, persistent but with veins exposed; petioles c.lcm, densely tomentose. Inflorescence c.lO-flowered; rhachis c.5mm; pedicels c.lOmm, densely tomentose. Calyx c. 1.5mm, tomentose, lobes minute. Corolla campanulate, white, 30-35mm. Ovary densely tomentose; style glabrous. Capsule not known.
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):321