Quart. Bull. Amer. Rhododendron Soc. 30: 211 (1976).
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IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:333085-1
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China (S Xizang)
R. beanianum Cowan var. compactum Cowan, Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 21: 148 (1953), type as above. Straggling shrub, 1.5—2.5m; young shoots tomentose. Leaves ovate to elliptic, 6-11 x 2.7-5.2cm, c.2.2 x as long as broad, apex rounded, apiculate, base rounded, upper surface glabrous when mature, rugulose, lower surface with a bistrate indumentum, the upper layer thick, fulvous and dendroid-tomentose, the lower white and adpressed; petioles l-2cm, tomentose. Inflorescence 6—8-flowered; rhachis c.5mm; pedicels 12-15mm, tomentose. Calyx 3-6mm, irregular, glabrous. Corolla fleshy, tubular-campanulate, crimson, with darker nectar pouches, 28—36mm. Ovary densely tomentose. Capsule 14—18 x c.4.5mm.
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):387