Pl. Wils. 1:509 (1913)
WFO ID: wfo-0001048204
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332964-1
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Erect or ascending, much branched shrub to 1-3 m. Leaves 5-11 X (2-5-)3-7 mm, ovate or elliptic, apex obtuse or rounded, mucro absent or obscure, base truncate to broadly cuneate, undersurface uniformly fawn or with scattered darker scales as well, with the scales contiguous or almost so. Inflorescence 1-2-flowered, pedicel lepidote, 0.5-1 -5 mm. Calyx (l*5-)2.5-3 mm, the lobes strap-shaped, rounded, equal or unequal, indumentum and scales variable. Corolla rosy lilac or violet-purple, funnel-shaped, 12-15 mm, tube 4-5 mm, pubescent inside. Stamens (8-)10, equalling or slightly longer than corolla, filaments pubescent towards the base or glabrous. Ovary lepidote, style exceeding the stamens, pubescent or glabrous at the base. Capsule ovoid, c. 5 mm, lepidote. ** * Rhododendron nitidulum * var. * * ** Leaf uniformly pale lepidote beneath ** * Rhododendron nitidulum * var. * omeiense * **
Cullen, J. (1980) A Revision of Rhododendron 1: Subgenus Rhododendron sections Rhododendron & Pogonanthum. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(1):98