Contr. biol. Lab. Sci. Soc. China, Bot. ser. 12:20 (1939).
Verified by:
Shrub or small tree, 4-8m. Leaves coriaceous, lanceolate to oblanceolate, 8-13.5 X 3-4.2cm, (2.5-)3.2-3.5 x as long as broad, apex rounded and apiculate to acute, upper surface glabrous, lower surface with a white compacted indumentum embedded in a surface film; petioles 1.5-2cm, glabrescent when mature. Inflorescence 8-20-flowered; rhachis 10—20mm; pedicels 30-40mm, floccose. Calyx 1—2mm, floccose, lobes minute. Corolla funnel-campanulate, pinkish to pale purple, 28-35mm. Ovary densely rufous-tomentose, eglandular; style glabrous. Capsule 15-30 x 3-4mm, curved.
China (C Sichuan)
Forests, mountain slopes
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):326