Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 5: 211 (1912).
Verified by:
Dwarf creeping shrub; stems up to 0.6m long though rarely more than 0.1m high; perulae persistent. Leaves obovate to orbicular, 1-2.8 x 0.9-1.8cm, 1.1—2.5(—3.2) x as long as broad, apex rounded to retuse, sometimes mucronate, base broadly cuneate, often narrowly decurrent, upper surface glabrous, lower surface glabrous or with a few stipitate glands and branched hairs towards the base, green to purple or glaucous-papillate below when mature; petioles 0.5-0.8cm, stipitate-glandular and sparsely floccose-tomentose. Flowers solitary; pedicels 10-20mm, stipitate-glandular. Calyx c.lmm, lobes fleshy. Corolla fleshy, tubular-campanulate, crimson, 30-35mm. Ovary densely stipitate-glandular and rufous-tomentose. Capsule 15-20 x 6-7mm. ** * Rhododendron forrestii * var. * forrestii * ** ** * Rhododendron forrestii * var. * papillatum * **
Moist stony pasture, on boulders
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):407