Icon. PI. Formosan. 3:040 (1913).
WFO ID: wfo-0001220145
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:333029-1
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Shrub; young shoots tomentose, later glabrescent. Leaves oblong, 6-9 x 2.5-3.5cm, c.2.5 x as long as broad, apex acute to apiculate, base rounded, upper surface rugose to smooth, glabrous, lower surface with a whitish-brown to rufous ramiform tomentum that usually persists, occasionally only on the midrib; petioles c. 1.5cm, tomentose. Inflorescence 10-20-flowered; rhachis 10-20mm; pedicels c.25mm, glandular-pubescent. Calyx c.Imm, glandular, especially on the margins of the rounded lobes. Corolla widely campanulate, white to pale pink, with or without purple flecks, c.40mm. Ovary densely stipitate-glandular; style glabrous. Capsule c. 15 x 5mm.
Taiwan
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):274