Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 21: 146 (1953)
WFO ID: wfo-0001229516
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:333113-1
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Shrub, 0.6-1.2m. Leaves oblong-oval, 8.5-10 X 3.5-4.7cm, 2-2.5 x as long as broad, apex apiculate, base rounded, lower surface with a thin unistrate compacted brown indumentum; petioles 1.5-2cm, floccose. Inflorescence c.5-flowered; rhachis short; pedicels 13-25mm, densely tomentose. Calyx c.l2mm, glabrous, lobes unequal, with ciliate margins. Corolla pink, c.38mm. Ovary densely tomentose. Capsule not known.
China (SE Xizang)
Only known from the type.
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):363