Description

Shrub or small tree, 1.3-5 m. Leaves obovate-elliptic to elliptic, 6-8.5 x 2.2-4 cm, 2-3.2 x as long as broad, apex rounded, mucronate, base rounded, lower surface with persistent punctulate hair-bases, otherwise glabrous; petioles 1—2.5 cm, often glandular when young, soon glabrescent. Inflorescence 6-8-flowered; rhachis 5-8 mm; pedicels 15-20 mm, glandular or sparsely rufous-tomentose. Corolla (5-) 7-lobed, campanulate, glabrous or finely pubescent within, deep pink, 35-40 mm. Stamens 10-14, filaments glabrous or puberulent. Ovary glabrous or stipitate-glandular; style glabrous. Capsule 20-25 x c. 6 mm, curved. ** * Rhododendron oreodoxa * var. * fargesii * ** Ovary stipitate-glandular. Pedicels glandular; corolla usually 6-7-lobed ** * Rhododendron oreodoxa * var. * oreodoxa * ** Ovary glabrous ** * Rhododendron oreodoxa * var. * shensiense * ** Ovary stipitate-glandular. Pedicels sparsely rufous-tomentose; corolla (?always) 5-lobed

Distribution

China (NW Yunnan, Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, Hubei)

Altitude

Habitat

Forests, etc.

Nomenclatural History

Notes

References

Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):238