Acta Phytotax. Sinica 8:192 (1958)
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Shrub of 1 m. Leaves oblong-elliptic, 40-50 x 20-25 mm, tapered to the base, apex rounded, undersurface greyish with scales 1-2 x their own diameter apart. Inflorescence 2-fIowered, pedicels 10-14 mm, densely lepidote. Calyx 5-lobed, the lobes ovate, 7-8 mm, margins sinuous, lepidote outside. Corolla white, c. 40 mm, tube 20-22 mm, lepidote outside. Stamens 8, filaments pubescent in the lower part. Ovary lepidote, tapering into the style which is lepidote in the lower part. Capsule unknown.
China (Jiangxi)
Cullen, J. (1980) A Revision of Rhododendron 1: Subgenus Rhododendron sections Rhododendron & Pogonanthum. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(1):40