Rhododendron ochraceum Rehder & E.H.Wilson in Sargent (ed.)

PI. Wilsonianae 1:534 (1913).

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Description

Small tree, c.3m; young shoots covered with glandular setae. Leaves oblanceolate, 5.5-10 x 1.3—2cm, 4-5 x as long as broad, apex cuspidate, base rounded, upper surface glabrous when mature, lower surface with a dense matted yellow-brown indumentum composed of flagellate hairs; petioles 1-1.5cm, stipitate-glandular. Inflorescence dense, 8-12-flowered; rhachis c.5mm; pedicels 5-8mm, densely stipitate-glandular. Calyx c.lmm, glandular-setulose. Corolla tubular-campanulate, apparently with depressed nectar pouches, dark red, c.35mm. Ovary densely glandular-setulose; style glabrous. Capsule not known

Distribution

China (Sichuan)

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Thickets

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References

Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):269