Description

Shrub, 2-3m; young shoots covered with +adpressed-strigose hairs. Leaves dimorphic, chartaceous; spring leaves narrowly lanceolate, 2-7.5 x 0.3-1.2cm, c.6 x as long as broad, apex acute, base cuneate, margin entire, ciliate, upper surface sparsely strigose, lower surface paler, sparsely strigose, more densely so on midrib; summer leaves 13-23 x 4-5mm, otherwise as for spring leaves; petioles c.lmm, strigose. Calyx c. 1 mm, lobes minute, strigose. Corolla funnel-campanulate, lilac-purple, c.30mm; tube c. 13mm, 5-6mm wide at base, widening above, glabrous. Stamens 5, puberulent below. Ovary densely strigose; style glabrous or strigose below. Capsule ovoid, 8-10mm long, strigose. ** * Rhododendron meridionale * var. * meridionale * ** Spring leaves 50~75mm long ** * Rhododendron meridionale * var. * minor * ** Spring leaves not more than 20mm long

Distribution

China (SW Guangxi)

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References

Chamberlain, D.F. & Rae, S.J. (1990) A Revision of Rhododendron IV Subgenus Tsutsusi. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 47(2):108