J. Bot. (Morot) 5: 93, t.l (1891). Type: China, Xizang, entre Lhasa
et Batang [Lame, nr Lamda, 31 ° 15 ‘N 97 °E], 3000m,
v 1890,
Henry
& Bonvalot
(iso. E).
WFO ID: wfo-0001048915
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:333136-1
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Shrub, 2-6m. Leaves oblong to ovate-lanceolate, 6-12 X 1.8-5cm, (2-) 2.7-3.6 x as long as broad, apex ± acute, base rounded to cordate, lower surface with a white to fawn bistrate indumentum, the upper layer ramiform, spongy, lanate-tomentose, the lower ± compacted; petioles l-2cm, tomentose at first, usually soon glabrescent. Inflorescence 10-20-flowered; rhachis 5-10mm; pedicels 15-20mm, glabrous, slender. Calyx c.lmm, lobes rounded, glandular-ciliate. Corolla campanulate, white to pink, with purple flecks, 25-37mm. Ovary and style glabrous. Capsule narrowly cylindrical.
China (E Xizang)
Open forests, among deciduous shrubs, etc.
R. vellereum Hutchinson in Stevenson (ed.), The Species of Rhododendron 688 (1930). Described from the Tsangpo Valley in SE Xizang-based on a specimen from Lang Dzong, Kingdon- Ward 5640 (holo. K).
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):357