Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 9:236 (1916)
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Erect shrub to 1 *25 m. Leaves (8-)12-25(-30) X (4-)5-10(-ll) mm, elliptic to oblong, apex rounded to obtuse, base cuneate, undersurface yellowish buff, scales overlapping. Inflorescence 4-7-flowered, pedicels lepidote, 2.5-7 mm. Calyx up to 1 -8 mm, the lobes often unequal, rounded to broadly deltoid, variably lepidote and ciliate. Corolla bright rose or lavender blue to bluish purple, rarely white, broadly funnel-shaped, 10.5-15 mm, tube 4-6.5 mm, elepidote, pubescent inside. Stamens 10, shorter than corolla, filaments pubescent towards the base. Ovary lepidote, style slightly shorter than to slightly longer than the stamens, glabrous or occasionally pubescent at the base. Capsule narrowly ovoid, 5-6 mm, lepidote. ** * Rhododendron hippophaeoides * var. * hippophaeoides * ** Style 4-10.5 mm ** * Rhododendron hippophaeoides * var. * occidentale * ** Style 13-16 mm
Cullen, J. (1980) A Revision of Rhododendron 1: Subgenus Rhododendron sections Rhododendron & Pogonanthum. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(1):96