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Shrub, c.3m; young shoots densely rufous-tomentose. Leaves elliptic to oblanceolate, 6-11 x 2-3.5cm, c.3x as long as broad, apex shortly cuspidate, base ± cuneate, upper surface shortly stipitate-glandular and rufous-tomentose when young, indumentum composed of flagellate hairs and restricted to the midrib by maturity, lower surface with lamina glabrous when mature although with midrib rufous-tomentose; petioles 1-1.5cm, densely rufous-tomentose. Inflorescence dense, 4-6-flowered; rhachis minute, to 2mm; pedicels 15-20mm, densely stipitate-glandular. Calyx 6-iOmm, stipitate-glandular, lobes Ungulate. Corolla open-campanulate, rose-pink, 40-45mm. Ovary and lower half of style stipitate-glandular. Capsule not known.
China (Sichuan)
Woodland
R. brettii Hemslcy & Wilson, Kew Bull. 1910: 106 (1910). Type as above.
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):268