Description

Erect shrub to 2.5 m. Leaves 7-15 x 3-7 mm, broadly elliptic to oblong, apex rounded, shortly mucronate, base broadly to narrowly cuneate, undersurface pale grey-green with well-spaced scales. Inflorescence 1-3-flowered, pedicels pubescent, sometimes with a few scales as well, 1-4 mm. Calyx 2-4(-7) mm, minutely pubescent at the base, lobes strap-shaped or deltoid, acute, sometimes unequal, sparsely lepidote or elepidote, ciliate. Corolla yellow, broadly funnel-shaped, pubescent outside and inside, 12-18 mm, tube 4-7 mm, elepidote or sparsely lepidote. Stamens (8-)9-10, ± equal to the corolla, filaments pubescent towards the base. Ovary densely lepidote, style exceeding stamens, pubescent at base. Capsule ovoicl, lepidote, c. 6 mm. ** * Rhododendron flavidum * var. * flavidum * ** Scales on leaf undersurface uniform in colour; calyx lobes 2-4(-7) mm ** * Rhododendron flavidum * var. * psilostylum * ** Scales on leaf undersurface dimorphic, some dark, the rest golden; calyx lobes c. 2 mm

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References

Cullen, J. (1980) A Revision of Rhododendron 1: Subgenus Rhododendron sections Rhododendron & Pogonanthum. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(1):101