Description

Small shrub, to 1 *3 m. Young shoots lepidote and with an indumentum of filiform-acicular hairs. Leaves very narrowly elliptic to very narrowly lanceolate, strongly revolute, 18-24 x 3-6 mm, with a dimorphic indumentum above of persistent, short, filiform-acicular hairs and longer, flexuous loriform setae which are ultimately deciduous; lower surface lepidote and with an indumentum of filiform-acicular hairs. Inflorescences 2-3-flowered. Calyx rim-like, fringed with long, loriform setae. Corolla funnel-shaped, 6-11 mm, the tube 3-5 mm, rose pink, glabrous and elepidote outside, puberulent inside the tube. Stamens 8-10, filaments pubescent towards the base. Ovary lepidote and pilose. Capsule lepidote and pilose, 5-6 mm.

Distribution

China (N Yunnan, SW Sichuan)

Altitude

Habitat

Open rocky places, scrub

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):84