Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 33:493 (1975)
Verified by:
Small shrub to 0-6 m. Young growth densely lepidote. Leaves 16-22 x 8-11 mm, ± elliptic, obtuse at the apex, rounded-cuneate at the base, glabrous but lepidote above with ± dried-out scales, densely lepidote beneath with flat, broadly rimmed, pale to dark brown scales about their own diameter apart. Inflorescences 2-3-flowered, pedicels lepidote, 6-10 mm. Calyx rim-like, lepidote, occasionally somewhat ciliate with loriform setae. Corolla pale lavender, not very strongly zygomorphic, c. 12 mm, lube c. 5 mm, glabrous and elepidote outside, pubescent within the tube. Stamens 10, filaments pubescent towards the base. Ovary lepidote, style glabrous, elepidote. Capsule unknown.
China (N & NW Yunnan)
Open pasture and margins of thickets
Cullen, J. (1980) A Revision of Rhododendron 1: Subgenus Rhododendron sections Rhododendron & Pogonanthum. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(1):80