Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 12:124 (1920)
WFO ID: wfo-0001048790
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332745-1
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Shrub 0-5-1-5 m. Young growth lepidote and densely loriform-setose. Leaves evergreen, coriaceous, revolute, with long-persistent bluish bloom, obovate or obovate-elliptic, ± rounded at apex and base, 30-35 x 15-18 mm, loriform setose with straight setae beneath and on margins and petiole; scales equal, golden, distant, upper surface glabrous and elepidote. Inflorescence 2(-3)-flowered, pedicels c. 20 mm, loriform-setose and lepidote. Corolla 20-33 mm, tube 10-12 mm, clear yellow, sometimes with orange spots, lepidote and sparsely loriform-setose outside. Ovary densely setose as well as lepidote, style lepidote at the base or more usually elepidote. Capsule cylindric, c. 10 mm, the loriform setae usually persistent at least in part.
China (SW Yunnan)
Boulders, cliffs and ledges
Cullen, J. (1980) A Revision of Rhododendron 1: Subgenus Rhododendron sections Rhododendron & Pogonanthum. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(1):152