Bull. Bot. Res. N.E. Forest. Inst. 2(2): 85 (1982)
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Shrub; young shoots slender, densely covered with brownish strigose hairs intermixed with glandular setae. Leaves dimorphic, thickly chartaceous, elliptic to elliptic-oblong; spring leaves 3.5-4.5(-5) x 1.5-2cm, apex shortly acuminate, base broadly cuneate to obtuse, margin entire, lower surface pale, main and lateral veins strigose; summer leaves smaller; petioles 2-3mm, densely brownish-setose strigose. Inflorescence 3-5-flowered; pedicels 2-10mm, densely brownish-setose-strigose. Calyx to 3mm, lobes oblong-ovate, sparsely glandular. Corolla funnel-shaped, reddish, with darker flecks, c.lOmm; tube cylindrical, c.5 x 2mm, lobes sparsely glandular on outer surface. Stamens 5, filaments puberulent below; style sparsely glandular in lower half. Capsule not known.
China (Yunnan)
Chamberlain, D.F. & Rae, S.J. (1990) A Revision of Rhododendron IV Subgenus Tsutsusi. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 47(2):126