Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 9: 264 (1916).
Verified by:
Dwarf shrub, 0.15-lm. Leaves elliptic, 2-4 x 0.7-lcm, 3-4 x as long as broad, apex cucullate, base cuneate, margin strongly recurved, lower surface with a dense bistrate indumentum, the upper layer brown to rufous, bleaching with age, ramiform, loosely lanate-tomentose, the lower radiate, compacted; petioles up to c.0.5cm, densely tomentose. Inflorescence 5 -10-flowered; rhachis c.5mm; pedicels c.lOmm, densely rufous-tomentose. Calyx c.0.5mm, glabrous. Corolla campanulate, white to pale cream, flushed rose, with purple flecks, 25-35mm. Ovary rufous-tomentose, eglandular. Capsule 6-7 x 6mm, globose.
China (SE Xizang, NW Yunnan, SW Sichuan)
Open rocky pasture
R. lampropeplum Balfour f. & Forrest, Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 13:
272 (1922). Type: China, SW Sichuan, Muli Mts, 28°18’N, 12-14000ft, vi 1918, Forrest 16509 (holo. E; iso. K)
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):346