Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 8:201 (1914)
WFO ID: wfo-0001048112
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:333012-1
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Shrub or small tree, 1-8 m. Young growth lepidote, usually whitish or greyish pruinose. Leaves mostly evergreen, sometimes semi-deciduous, orbicular, elliptic to oblong or obovate, apex rounded to acute, base cuneate to cordate, 21-63(-87) X 18-31 (-40) mm, upper surface usually elepidote, often slightly puberulent along the midrib, undersurface with dense but not contiguous purplish, reddish brown or greyish, opaque, narrowly rimmed scales; petiole glabrous or puberulent, the puberulence, when present, often extending to the underside of the midrib. Inflorescence l-3(-4)-flowered, pedicels (8-)15-20(-26) mm, sparsely lepidote, often greyish or whitish pruinose. Calyx reduced to a rim, rarely slightly lobed, sparsely lepidote, sometimes ciliate with filiform-acicuiar hairs. Corolla rose or rose-lavender, often with darker spots, more rarely white, (21~)25-30(-34) mm, tube (9-) 16-21 (-23) mm, elepidote and glabrous outside, pubescent within the tube. Capsule lepidote, oblong-cylindric, 11-16 mm.
China (N & NW Yunnan, S & SE Xizang, SW Sichuan)
Scrub, open thickets, forests, forest margins and on rocky slopes
R. timeteum Balfour f. & Forrest, Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 12:166 (1920). Type: China, SW Szechuan, Muli mountains, valley of the Litang, 11000 ft, Forrest 16285 (holo. E). R. artosquameum Balfour f. & Forrest, ibid. 13:234 (1922). Type: SE Tibet, Tsarung, Ka gwr pu, 12000 ft, vii 1917, Forrest 14535 (holo. E). R. cardoeoides Balfour f. & Forrest, op. cit: 239 (1922). Type: China, NW Yunnan, Kari pass, 11000 ft, vi 1917, Forrest 13931 (holo. E). R. depile Balfour f. & Forrest, op. cit.: 268. Type: China, Yunnan, Bei-ma-shan, 12000 ft, vi 1917, Forrest 13992 (holo. E). R. hypotrichum Balfour f. & Forrest, op. cit.: 268. Type: SE Tibet, Tsarung, Mekong/Salween Divide, 10-11000 ft, vi 1918, Forrest 16543 (holo. E). R. phaeochlorum Balfour f. & Forrest, op. cit.: 284. Type: SE Tibet, Tsarong, Salween/Kiu-chiang Divide, viii 1919, Forrest 19200 (holo. E). R. pubigerum Balfour f. & Forrest, op. cit.: 289. Type: SE Tibet, Tsarong, Salween/Kiu-chiang Divide, vii 1919, Forrest 19206 (holo. E). R. trichopodum Balfour f. & Forrest, op. cit.: 304. Type: SE Tibet, Tsarong, Doker la, 11000 ft, xii 1917, Forrest 14347 (holo. E). R. exquisetum Hutchinson, Card. Chron. 98:98 (1932). Type: a cultivated specimen (holo. K, iso. E)
Cullen, J. (1980) A Revision of Rhododendron 1: Subgenus Rhododendron sections Rhododendron & Pogonanthum. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(1):69