Acta Bot. Yunnanica 3:119 (1981).
Verified by:
Shrub, c.3m; young shoots densely rufous-tomentose. Leaves elliptic to lanceolate, 9.5-12 x 3.3-4cm,c.3 x as long as broad, apex acuminate, base ± rounded, lower surface with a floccose brown to rufous ramiform indumentum persisting only near the midrib by maturity; petioles c.2cm, pubescent. Inflorescence c.5-flowered; rhachis c.5mm; pedicels c.20mm, densely and minutely rufous-glandular. Calyx 5-6mm, glandular and tomentose, with broad rounded lobes. Corolla campanulate, white flushed pink, 30-35mm. Ovary densely brown-tomentose; style glabrous. Capsule not known.
China (NE Yunnan)
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):337