Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 15: 316 (1927)
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Shrub, 0.6—3m; young shoots densely stipitate-glandular. Leaves oblong to obovate, 8-15 x 3.2-5.2cm,2-3 x as long as broad, apex rounded, apiculate, base cuneate, glabrous above, with a thick continuous or patchy rufous dendroid tomentum beneath; petioles l-2cm, stout, stipitate-glandular and tomentose when young. Inflorescence dense, 10(—20)-flowered; rhachis c.5mm; pedicels 7— 18mm, stipitate-glandular. Calyx 5— 10mm, lobes irregular, glandular-ciliate, otherwise glabrous. Corolla fleshy, tubular-campanulate, light to deep crimson, 40—50mm. Ovary densely stipitate-glandular. Capsule 20-25 x 7—9mm. ** * Rhododendron pocophorum * var. * hemidartum * ** Leaves with a patchy discontinuous indumentum beneath. ** * Rhododendron pocophorum * var. * pocophorum * ** Leaves with a continuous indumentum beneath.
NE India (Arunachal Pradesh), China (S Xizang, NW Yunnan)
Thickets, open rocky slopes
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):387