Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 11: 82 (1919).
WFO ID: wfo-0001048706
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332754-1
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Shrub or small tree, 6-9m. Leaves oblanceolate, 9-14 x 3-4cm, 3-3.7 X as long as broad, apex acuminate, base rounded, margin not undulate, upper surface glabrous when mature, lower surface with a veil of persistent dendroid hairs embedded in a surface film, with numerous red punctate hair-bases overlying the veins; petioles 1-1.5cm, glabrous. Inflorescence c.lO-flowered; rhachis c.5mm; pedicels c.20mm, stipitate-glandular. Calyx 4-6mm, lobes rounded, sparsely glandular. Corolla campanulate, glabrous within, white flushed rose to rose, with crimson flecks, 40-45mm. Ovary glandular but not tomentose; style glabrous. Capsule not known.
China (NW Yunnan)
Rhododendron forests
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):302