Description

Shrub, 3-4 m. Leaves oblong-obovate, broadly tapered to the base, truncate at the apex, 60-65 x 28-30 mm, petiole and at least the lower part of the margin loriform-setose, lower surface brownish with rather dense, sub-contiguous, slightly unequal golden scales. Inflorescence 1-3-flowered, pedicels lepidote, c. 10 mm. Calyx conspicuous, deeply 5-lobed, the lobes oblong, obtuse to rounded, c. 8 mm, sparsely lepidote outside. Corolla white, funnel-campanulate, c. 45 mm, the tube 20 mm, sparsely lepidote outside. Stamens 10, filaments pubescent towards the base. Ovary densely lepidote, tapering into the style which is lepidote at the base. Capsule unknown.

Distribution

China (Guangdong)

Altitude

Habitat

Hillsides and rock crevices,

Nomenclatural History

Notes

References

Cullen, J. (1980) A Revision of Rhododendron 1: Subgenus Rhododendron sections Rhododendron & Pogonanthum. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(1):40