Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 10: 131 (1917).
Verified by:
Shrub, 1.2-4.5m. Leaves elliptic to ovate-oblong, 4-14.5 x 1-6.5cm, 1.7—3(—4) x as long as broad, apex acute to apiculate, base rounded to cordate, lower surface with a dense compacted or felted, sometimes agglutinated, brown indumentum composed of radiate to sub-ramiform hairs; petioles 1.5-2cm, floccose. Inflorescence 8-15-flowered; rhachis 10-15mm; pedicels 10—25mm, glabrescent. Calyx c. 1mm, usually glabrous. Corolla funnel-campanulate, white flushed pink, with crimson flecks, 20-50mm. Ovary glabrous or with a few papillate hairs, especially at apex; style glabrous. Capsule 13-20 x c.7mm. ** * Rhododendron phaeochrysum * var. * agglutinatum * ** Leaves 4-9cm, indumentum felted or agglutinated, sometimes splitting; corolla 20- 35mm. Indumentum agglutinated, sometimes splitting. ** * Rhododendron phaeochrysum * var. * levistratum * ** Leaves 4-9cm, indumentum felted or agglutinated, sometimes splitting; corolla 20- 35mm. Indumentum felted, not agglutinated, continuous. ** * Rhododendron phaeochrysum * var. * phaeochrysum * ** Leaves 8-14.5cm, indumentum felted, not splitting; corolla 32-50mm.
China (S Xizang, NW Yunnan, SW & C Sichuan)
Open forests, stony pasture
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):350