f.2 & 3 (1975).
Verified by:
Shrub, 3-5m; young shoots tomentose and stipitate-glandular. Leaves lanceolate to oblong, 12—17(—20) x 4-5cm, 3-3.5 x as long as broad, apex apiculate, tapering below to a rounded base, lower surface with a light reddish brown, loosely lanate unistrate indumentum composed of lanate hairs; petioles 15-30mm, floccose-tomentose and glandular. Inflorescence 8-10-flowered; rhachis 10-15mm; pedicels 20-30mm, floccose-tomentose. Calyx c.lmm, floccose-tomentose, lobes triangular. Corolla campanulate, 40-50mm, deep pink at first, later yellowish-pink, with conspicuous purple flecks. Ovary stipitate-glandular and tomentose; style glabrous. Capsule 15-20 x c.8mm.
China (Sichuan)
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):340