Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 12:140 (1920)
WFO ID: wfo-0001048795
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332868-1
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Free-growing or rarely epiphytic shrub, 0-3-1 m. Young shoots loriform-setose, the setae persistent for at least one year. Leaves elliptic or elliptic-obovate or ± orbicular, 19-36 x 12-20 mm, obtuse at the apex, rounded to the base, upper surface glabrous except for a few setae at the base of the midrib, margins loriform-ciliate, lower surface whitish-papillose with vesicular scales sunk in pits with crenulate margins; petiole loriform-setose. Inflorescence l-2(-3)-flowered, pedicels loriform setose, shorter than the flowers, not or scarcely lepidote. Calyx lobes green, obovate, (6-)7-10 mm, sparsely lepidote outside, sparsely to densely loriform-ciliate. Corolla broadly campanulate, yellow or rarely cream, sometimes darker spotted, lepidote outside, (16-) 17-23 mm, tube 8-10 mm. Ovary lepidote. Capsule ovoid-cylindric, lepidote, 8-11 mm.
India (Arunachal Pradesh), ne Burma, China (NW Yunnan, S & SE Xizang)
Rock and cliff ledges or among boulders, rarely epiphytic
R. tapeinum Balfour f. & Farrer, Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 12:164 (1920). Type: NE Burma, Chimili cliffs, 12-13000 ft, 18 v 1919, Farrer 938 (holo. E)
Cullen, J. (1980) A Revision of Rhododendron 1: Subgenus Rhododendron sections Rhododendron & Pogonanthum. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(1):136