Description

Shrub, l-2.2m. Leaves lanceolate to oblanceolate, 8.5-11 x 3-4.5cm, 2.2-2.8 x as long as broad, apex acute to apiculate, base rounded, lower surface with a bistrate indumentum, the upper layer fulvous, lanate-tomentose and often detersile by maturity, composed of ramiform hairs, the lower whitish, compacted and persistent; petioles 1.5-2.5cm, glabrescent by maturity. Inflorescence 6-10-flowered; rhachis up to 10mm; pedicels 20—25mm, tomentose with an admixture of stipitate glands. Calyx 3-6mm, sparsely tomentose and stipitate-glandular, lobes broad, rounded. Corolla funnel-campanulate, white to rose, with crimson flecks, 35-45mm. Ovary densely rufous-tomentose and stipitate-glandular; style glabrous. Capsule 18-20 x c.5mm.

Distribution

China (SW Sichuan)

Altitude

Habitat

Forest margins, among scrub, on rocky slopes

Nomenclatural History

Notes

References

Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):341