Bull. Bot. Res. N.E. Forest. Inst. 2(2): 91 (1982)
Verified by:
Shrub, 2-3m; young shoots densely adpressed-strigose. Leaves persistent, chartaceous, dimorphic; spring leaves elliptic, 5.7-9 x 2.3-3cm, 2.3-2.5(-3) x as long as broad, apex acute to cuspidate, both surfaces with scattered adpressed hairs on lamina, hairs more dense on midrib; summer leaves (12-)25-30 x (8-)14-15mm; petioles 6-8mm, adpressed-strigose. Inflorescence 3-7-flowered; pedicels 4-8mm, densely golden-brown-strigose. Calyx c.lmm, strigose. Corolla funnel-campanulate, pinkish white to red, with darker flecks, c. I8mm; tube c.9mm, 3mm broad at base, 6mm broad below lobes, glabrous on outer surface. Stamens 5, filaments glabrous. Ovary densely strigose; style strigose towards base. Capsule c,7 x 2.5mm, ovoid, strigose.
China (S Yunnan)
Mixed forest
Chamberlain, D.F. & Rae, S.J. (1990) A Revision of Rhododendron IV Subgenus Tsutsusi. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 47(2):101