Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 9: 232 (1926).
Verified by:
Shrub, 1 -4m; young shoots densely glandular-setose. Leaves subcoriaceous, ovate to obovate, 7-16 x 3-7.5cm, 1.8-2.4 x as long as broad, apex acute, base rounded, margins ciliate-setulose, upper surface smooth, glabrous, lower surface with lamina glabrous, midrib and main veins glandular-setose; petioles 1 -2cm, densely glandular-setose. Inflorescence c. 10-flowered; rhachis c. 10mm; pedicels 20—25mm, densely glandular-setulose. Calyx red, 10-15mm, densely stipitate-glandular, lobes rounded. Corolla campanulate, white flushed rose to pink, with or without purple flecks and a basal blotch, 40-50mm. Ovary densely glandular-setulose. Capsule c.20 x 6mm.
China (W Yunnan ), ne Upper Burma
Thickets, rocky slopes, etc.
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):287