Description

Shrub, 2(-5) m. Young shoots green or purplish, sparsely lepidote. Leaves elliptic to broadly elliptic, (10-)55-80(-110) x (18-)25-35(-50) mm, dark green with dried-out scales and puberulent along the midrib above, densely lepidote beneath with small-rimmed, brownish scales. Inflorescence dense, 5-8-flowered, pedicels lepidote. Calyx lobes 1-2 mm, lepidote and sparsely loriform-ciliate. Corolla (21 —)25—30(—35) mm, tube (9—)10— 14(-18) mm, rather sparsely lepidote on the outer surfaces of the lobes, sometimes also very sparsely pubescent, sparsely pubescent within the tube. Style glabrous or occasionally slightly lepidote at the base, smoothly curved downwards at anthesis. Capsule cylindric. ** * Rhododendron minus * var. * champanii * ** ** * Rhododendron minus * var. * minus * ** Leaf apex acute or acuminate; branches usually not erect and rigid

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References

Cullen, J. (1980) A Revision of Rhododendron 1: Subgenus Rhododendron sections Rhododendron & Pogonanthum. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(1):91