Acta Horti Petrop. 11:489 (1891).
WFO ID: wfo-0001229525
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:333121-1
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Tree, c.5m. Leaves oblong to obovate, 7-9 x 3.5-4cm, c.2 x as long as broad, apex obtuse, mucronate, base rounded, upper surface glabrous, lower surface presumed to be pubescent below at first though soon giabrescent, with a dense spongy indumentum of branched hairs overlying the midrib below; petioles 2—2.5cm, densely tomentose. Inflorescence 7—8-flowered; pedicels c.l8mm, rufous-pilose. Calyx c.lmm, hirsute. Corolla open-campanulate, probably white, c.30mm. Ovary densely rufous-tomentose.
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):428