Description

Shrub or small tree, 1.5-5(-6.5)m; bark smooth; young shoots ± glabrous. Leaves oblanceolate, 7—12 x 2.5-3.5cm, usually widest in the upper third, 2.8-3.5 x as long as broad, apex rounded, base cuneate, upper surfaceglabrous, lower surface greenish, epidermis epapillate, with a few scattered hairs near the midrib towards the base, also with persistent red punctate hair-bases overlying the veins; petioles 0.7-1.5cm, stipitate-glandular, often winged for part of their length. Inflorescence compact, 5-10-flowered; rhachis (8-)10-20mm; pedicels 5-10mm, glabrous or stipitate-glandular, sometimes also with dendroid or crisped hairs. Calyx 3-5mm, chartaceous, glandular-ciliate, otherwise glabrous. Corolla campanulate, pink to white tinged pink or rarely sulphur yellow, with purple flecks, 37-40mm. Ovary densely stipitate-glandular, style glabrous. Capsule not known.

Distribution

China (SE Xizang)

Altitude

Habitat

Forest margins, rock faces

Nomenclatural History

Notes

References

Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):421