Description

Dwarf much-branched shrub, 0.6-lm; young shoots covered with adpressed flattened red-brown hairs. Leaves monomorphic, deciduous, oval-obovate, 0.5-2 x 0.2-1.5cm, c.2 x as long as broad, apex acute, base cuneate, margin entire, both surfaces covered with red-brown strigose hairs; petioles l-3mm, densely covered with red-brown strigose hairs. Inflorescence 2-3-flowered; pedicels 5-10mm, covered with red-brown hairs. Calyx 2-3mm, indumentum as for pedicels, lobes ovate c.2mm. Corolla funnel-shaped, 5-20mm, usually rose-pink though occasionally with a wide range of colours from rose to deep purple, lobes 7-10mm; tube glabrous. Stamens 5, longer than or as long as the corolla, pubescent below the middle. Ovary densely covered with red-brown strigose hairs; style glabrous. Capsule 5-6 x c.4mm, strigose. ** * Rhododendron kiusianum * var. * kiusianum * ** Leaves oval to obovate, 0.5-2 x 0.2-1cm ** * Rhododendron kiusianum * var. * sataense * **

Distribution

Japan (Kyushyu)

Altitude

Habitat

In open woodland on hillsides

Nomenclatural History

Notes

References

Chamberlain, D.F. & Rae, S.J. (1990) A Revision of Rhododendron IV Subgenus Tsutsusi. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 47(2):122