Description

Shrub or small tree, l-10m; young shoots with an evanescent tomentum. Leaves elliptic or oblong to obovate, 5-10 x 2.7-4.2cm, 1.5-3 x as long as broad, apex rounded, apiculate, base rounded, margin sometimes ciliate with shaggy hairs near the base, lamina of upper and lower surfaces glabrous at maturity, midrib covered with a thick tomentum composed of folioliferous hairs; petioles c. 1.5cm, tomentose at first, soon glabrescent. Inflorescence lax, 5-10-flowered; rhachis 2-3mm; pedicels 13-20mm, glabrous or tomentose. Calyx c.lmm, glabrous to tomentose, lobes rounded. Corolla open-campanulate, without nectar pouches, white, sometimes suffused with pale pink, with a purple blotch and a few flecks, 25—30mm. Ovary densely rufous-tomentose to glabrous. Capsule c.20 x 6mm, curved. ** * Rhododendron maculiferum * var. * anhweiense * ** Pedicels, calyx and ovary glabrous ** * Rhododendron maculiferum * var. * maculiferum * ** Pedicels, calyx and ovary tomentose

Distribution

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Habitat

Cliffs, woods, etc.

Nomenclatural History

Notes

References

Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):272