Description

Shrub 0.6-2 m. Young shoots lepidote and with an indumentum of filiform-acicular hairs. Leaves narrowly elliptic, 25-40 x 7-13 mm, the indumentum on the upper surface of filiform-acicular hairs only, the lower surface shining white-papillose, glabrous except for a few hairs along the midrib, lepidote with ± rimless scales. Inflorescences 2-3-flowered, pedicels lepidote and puberulent with filiform-acicular hairs. Calyx rim-like, lepidote, ciliate with filiform-acicular and loriform hairs. Corolla openly funnel-shaped, 9.5-14.5 mm, the tube 4-8 mm, pink, or white edged with pink, glabrous and elepidote outside, puberulent inside the tube. Filaments pubescent towards the base. Ovary densely lepidote and sparsely pilose, style often slightly pilose at the base. Capsule lepidote and sparsely pilose, 5-7 mm.

Distribution

China (N Yunnan, SW Sichuan)

Altitude

Habitat

Forests, open slopes

Nomenclatural History

Notes

References

Cullen, J. (1980) A Revision of Rhododendron 1: Subgenus Rhododendron sections Rhododendron & Pogonanthum. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(1):83