Kew Bull. 1895: 185 (1895).
WFO ID: wfo-0001048924
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332442-1
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Shrub or small tree, 2-5.5m. Leaves narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, 7-13 x 1.5-2.5cm, 4.5-5.5 x as long as broad, apex acute, glabrous above, with a compacted fawn indumentum beneath intermixed with a few glands; petioles l-2cm, floccose at first, soon glabrescent. Inflorescence 10-20-flowered; rhachis 15-20mm; pedicels 10-30mm, densely rufous-tomentose. Calyx c.lmm, tomentose, lobes minute. Corolla widely funnel-shaped, white to pink, with purplish flecks, 30-40mm. Ovary densely rufous-tomentose; style glabrous. Capsule not known.
Taiwan
Broad-leaved forests
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):324