Description

Very similar to R. ferrugineum, differing as follows: smaller shrub, rarely exceeding 0-5 m, leaves narrowly obovate, obtuse, 14-23 x 5-8 mm, less densely lepidote beneath, obscurely crenulate, pedicels filiform-acicular pubescent as well as lepidote, calyx lobes narrowly triangular, up to 2 mm, usually fringed with scales and a few loriform hairs. Corolla pink, 15-17 mm, tube 9-10 mm, more densely pubescent and less densely lepidote outside, style shorter than to ± as long as ovary. BULGARIA, JUGOSLAVIA, ROMANIA, USSR (western European part)

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Nomenclatural History

R. kotschyi Simonkai, Enum. PL Transs. 389 (1886). R. ferrugineum subsp. kotschyi (Simonkai) Hayek, Prodr. Fl. Bale. 2:17 (1928)

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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):111