Kew Bull. 1910: 113 (1910).
WFO ID: wfo-0001219289
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332631-1
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Shrub, 1.3-3.5m. Leaves elliptic, 7-13 x 2-4.5cm, 3-3.5 x as long as broad, apex acuminate, glabrous above, lower surface with a compacted fawn indumentum embedded in a surface film, so appearing shiny; petioles 1.5-2cm, lanate at first, soon glabrescent. Inflorescence lax, c.8-flowered; rhachis c.5mm; pedicels 20-40mm, with a sparse white to rufous tomentum. Calyx 1—2mm, floccose, lobes minute. Corolla widely campanulate, pink with a darker median line down each lobe, c.40mm. Ovary densely white lanate-pilose; style glabrous. Capsule c.25 x 10mm, broadly cylindrical.
China (Sichuan, Wa Shan)
Woodlands
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):327