Description

Small, procumbent shrublet. Leaf-bud scales persistent. Leaves elliptic to obovate, c. 10 x 4-5 mm, upper surface elepidote but beset with whitish loriform setae, undersurface brown with dense scales borne in 2-3 tiers, those of the lowermost tier golden, paler than the others. Inflorescence 2-4-flowered, pedicels very short, lepidote. Calyx lobes obovate, 5-6 mm, elepidote and glabrous outside, margins densely loriform-ciliate, inner surface densely puberulent. Corolla white to pink, glabrous and elepidote outside, tube 8 mm, lobes 5 mm, mouth of the tube densely pilose within. Stamens 6. Ovary densely lepidote. Capsule unknown

Distribution

Bhutan

Altitude

Habitat

Rocky places

Nomenclatural History

Notes

References

Cullen, J. (1980) A Revision of Rhododendron 1: Subgenus Rhododendron sections Rhododendron & Pogonanthum. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(1):161