Rhododendron purdomii Rehder & E.H.Wilson in Sargent (ed.)

PI Wilsonianae 1: 538 (1913).

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Description

Robust shrub. Leaves oblong-lanceolate to oblong, 6-9 x 2.5-3.5cm, c.2.5 x as long as broad, base cuneate, margin revolute, upper surface glabrous and shining, lower surface glabrous; petioles 1-1.2cm, puberulent when young. Inflorescence 10-12-flowered; pedicels slender, 10-16mm, densely villous-tomentose. Calyx c.lmm, lobes sparsely pubescent. Corolla campanulate, 25-30mm. Ovary sparsely white-villous; style glabrous. Capsule not known.

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Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):429