Description

Erect shrub, young shoots densely clothed with adpressed flattened hairs. Leaves dimorphic, sub-persistent, chartaceous; spring leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 1-3 x 0.5-1.5cm, 1.7-2 x as long as broad, apex acute, base cuneate, margin entire, upper surface sparsely strigose, lower surface densely strigose, especially on midrib and veins; summer leaves up to 10 x 6mm, otherwise as for spring leaves; petioles 1-2mm, strigose. Inflorescence 1-3-flowered; pedicels c.l2mm, stout, densely clothed with shining adpressed rufous hairs. Calyx indumentum as for pedicels, lobes c.2mm, acute. Corolla funnel-shaped, scarlet, c.30mm; tube c.20mm. Stamens 9-10, included within tube, sparsely pilose towards base. Ovary densely pilose; style glabrous. Capsule pubescent, 8-15mm long.

Distribution

Taiwan

Altitude

Habitat

Grasslands

Nomenclatural History

Notes

References

Chamberlain, D.F. & Rae, S.J. (1990) A Revision of Rhododendron IV Subgenus Tsutsusi. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 47(2):119