The Species of Rhododendron 40 (1930) & Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 16: 97 (1931).
Verified by:
Low shrub to tree, 0.5-8m; young shoots covered with glandular bristles. Leaves broadly obovate, 5-11 x 3.5-6cm, 1.6-2(-2.2) x as long as broad, apex rounded, blunt, base rounded, margin cartilaginous, sometimes ciliate towards the base, upper surface glabrous, lower surface with scattered stipitate glands and a sparse floccose indumentum, midrib with glandular bristles near the base; petioles 1.5-2.5cm, densely covered with persistent glandular bristles. Inflorescence lax, 3-5-flowered; rhachis less than 5mm; pedicels 15-20mm, with a dense covering of glandular bristles. Calyx 4-10mm, stipitate-glandular, lobes rounded. Corolla campanulate, white to pink, usually darker in bud, usually with a few purple flecks, c.40mm. Ovary and style base densely stipitate-glandular. Capsule c. 17 x 6mm, straight or curved.
China (SE Xizang)
Ravines, wet conifer forest
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):283