Lab. Sci. Soc. China Bot. ser. 12: 38 (1939).
Verified by:
Shrub or small tree, 2-9 m. Leaves oblanceolate, 10-12.5 x 2-3cm,3.3-5 x as long as broad, apex long-cuspidate, base cuneate, lower surface glabrous; petioles 2-2.5 cm, glabrescent. Inflorescence 6-10-flowered; rhachis (10-) 30-60 mm; pedicels 25-40 mm, glabrous. Calyx 5-10mm, lobes rounded, glabrous or gland-fringed. Corolla 7-lobed, open-campanulate, glabrous, pale red to purplish or lilac, 35-50 mm. Stamens 12-14, filaments glabrous. Ovary glandular; style glandular to tip, stigma capitate. Mature capsule not known
China (NE Yunnan, Sichuan)
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):228