Acta Phytotax. Sin. 6: 170, t.41, f.l (1957).
Verified by:
Shrub, 4—6m. Leaves coriaceous, lanceolate to obianceolate, 7—10 x 3-4cm, c.2.5 x as long as broad, apex acuminate, base broadly cuneate, upper surface glabrous, lower surface with a fulvous floccose-pannose tomentum; petioles 1.5—2.2cm, glabrous. Inflorescence 5—9-flowered; rhachis small; pedicels 25-35mm. Calyx c. 1mm, villous. Corolla broadly campanulate, white, sometimes flushed with rose, 40-45mm. Stamens 18-20, villous below. Ovary with a dense whitish to pale brown lanate tomentum; style glabrous. Capsule to c.20 x 10mm.
China (Guizhou, Guangxi, Hunan)
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):320