Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 11: 99 (1919)
WFO ID: wfo-0001048713
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332880-1
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Dwarf shrub, 0.6-1.6m; young shoots whitish-tomentose; perulae persistent or deciduous. Leaves elliptic, 5.5-7.5 x 1.5-2(-3)cm, 2.5-4 x as long as broad, apex apiculate, base ± cuneate to rounded, upper surface glabrous, lower surface with a dense, felted, cinnamon to buff rosulate indumentum; petioles c.0.7cm, glabrescent. Inflorescence 3-7-flowered; rhachis c.5mm; pedicels 10-20mm, floccose-tomentose and glandular. Calyx 2-10mm, lobes fleshy to chartaceous, sparsely hairy and glandular. Corolla ± fleshy, pale rose to deep crimson, sometimes with faint flecks, 30-35mm. Ovary brown-tomentose, glandular. Capsule 10-12 x c.5mm.
China (NW Yunnan, SE Xizang)
Bouldery slopes, open pine forests
R. perulatum Balfour f. & Forrest, ibid. 11: 106 (1919). Type: SE Xizang,
Tsarong, Dokar-la, Mekong/Salween divide, 11000ft, vii 1917, Forrest 14421 (holo. E; iso. K). R.
gymnocarpum [Balfour f. exj Tagg, Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 15: 315 (1927). Type: China, SE Xizang,
Tsarong, Ka-gwr-pw, Mekong/ Salween divide, 28°40’N, 14000ft, vii 1918, Forrest 16687 (holo. E).
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):395