Bull. Soc. Bot. France 33: 230 (1886)
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Shrub or small tree, l-6m; young shoots sparsely floccose-tomentose, eglandular or (rarely) setose-glandular. Leaves elliptic to oblong or oblanceolate, 4-11 x 1.9—3.2cm, 1.7—5(—7) x as long as broad, apex rounded and apiculate to acuminate, base ± rounded, upper surface glabrous, lower surface usually ± glabrous, with a glaucous, strongly papillate epidermis; petioles 1-1.5cm, sparsely floccose-tomentose or glabrescent, rarely setose-glandular. Inflorescence 5—8(— i2)-flowered; rhachis c.5mm; pedicels 10-15mm, sparsely stellate-tomentose, sometimes with a few stipitate glands. Calyx 2-15mm, cupular when well-developed, often ± deciduous, lobes tomentose, sometimes also glandular, with ciliate margins. Corolla fleshy, tubular-campanulate, crimson or bright red, occasionally straw yellow, 35-45mm. Ovary densely tomentose, sometimes with a varying proportion of stipitate glands (rarely glabrous), tapering into the ± glabrous style. Capsule 20-25 x c.4mm, usually strongly curved. ** * Rhododendron neriiflonim * var. * agetum * ** ** * Rhododendron neriiflonim * var. * neriiflorum * ** ** * Rhododendron neriiflonim * var. * phaedropum * **
Amongst rocks and scrub, pine forests
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):408