Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 10:116 (1917)
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Shrub to 2 m with thin, lepidote branches. Leaves 40-50 x 22-25 mm, ovate or elliptic, ± acute, somewhat cuneate at the base, elepidote but puberulous along the main veins above, glabrous beneath but with dense golden scales. Inflorescence unknown. Calyx very small, rim-like, sparsely lepidote, the margin ciliate with small, fine hairs. Corolla funnel-shaped, c. 28 mm, tube c. 12 mm, purple (?), very sparsely puberulous and lepidote along the adaxial suture outside, sparsely pilose within. Stamens 10, filaments pilose towards the base. Ovary densely lepidote with a few hairs in the impressed part near the style base. Style shorter than the longest stamens at anthesis. Capsule sparsely lepidote, c. 9 mm.
China (Gansu)
Cullen, J. (1980) A Revision of Rhododendron 1: Subgenus Rhododendron sections Rhododendron & Pogonanthum. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(1):88