Description

Shrub, l-2m, with many erect twiggy branches; young shoots covered with flattened brown adpressed hairs. Leaves monomorphic, subpersistent, subcoriaceous, lanceolate, 2-5 x 0.7-1.4cm, 3-6 x as long as broad, apex acute, base cuneate, margin entire, upper surface with scattered red-brown hairs and with midrib impressed, lower surface glaucous, with scattered red-brown hairs, midrib covered with long shining adpressed red-brown hairs; petioles 2-4mm, covered with adpressed red-brown hairs. Inflorescence 1-3-flowered; pedicels 2-3mm, covered with adpressed hairs. Calyx densely pilose and ciliate, lobes lanceolate, 2-4mm. Corolla funnel-shaped, bright red, 20-30mm; tube c.l2mm, outer surface glandular, inner surface hairy. Stamens 10, pubescent below. Ovary densely setose-pilose, style glabrous. Capsule ovoid, c.8mm long.

Distribution

China (Hainan Island, Guangxi)

Altitude

Habitat

Mountain tops, thickets amongst rocks, rocks by rivers

Nomenclatural History

Notes

References

Chamberlain, D.F. & Rae, S.J. (1990) A Revision of Rhododendron IV Subgenus Tsutsusi. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 47(2):109