Bull. Bot. Res. N.E. Forest Inst. 2(1): 92 (1982)
Verified by:
Shrub, c.2m; young shoots densely covered with spreading hairs and villose glands. Leaves dimorphic, chartaceous; spring leaves elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, 3-7 x 1.5-2.8cm, 2-2.2 x as long as broad, apex acute to acuminate, base cuneate, margin entire, ciliate, upper surface strigose, soon glabrescent, lower surface pale, densely brownish-villose-strigose; summer leaves obovate, 15-20 x 8-10mm, otherwise as for spring leaves; petioles 5-8 mm, densely strigose. Inflorescence c.lO-flowered; pedicels 5-7mm, densely brownish-strigose. Calyx minute, densely strigose, lobes oblong. Corolla rotate-campanulate, pale lilac, with darker flecks, c.lOmm; tube c.5 x 3mm. Stamens 5, densely puberulent below. Ovary densely strigose; style strigose at base. Capsule ovoid, 5-6 x c.5mm.
China (Hunan)
Wooded valleys
R. hunanense [Chun ex] P.X.Tan var. mangshanicum Tan, loc. cit., t.4 (1982). Type: China, Hunan, Yizhang Xian, Mang Shan, 500m, 26 x 1942, S.Q. Chen (S.H. Chun) 2937 (holo. IBSC, photo. E.)
Chamberlain, D.F. & Rae, S.J. (1990) A Revision of Rhododendron IV Subgenus Tsutsusi. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 47(2):100