Contr. Biol. Lab. Sci. Soc. China 12:62 (1939)
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Small shrub to 1 m. Leaf-bud scales deciduous. Leaves obovate-lanceolate or ovate, revolute, 10-18 x 3-6 mm, broadly tapering at the base, tapering or rounded to the acute or obtuse apex, lepidote and loriform-setose on the upper surface and margin, densely lepidote and loriform-setose beneath. Inflorescence 8-10-flowered, pedicels lepidote and loriform-setose. Calyx lobes 1-2 mm, lepidote outside, margins loriform-setose, glabrous within. Corolla purplish white, 8-10 mm, lepidote outside, pilose within the tube and at the mouth. Stamens 5. Ovary lepidote. Capsule unknown
China (NW Sichuan)
Cullen, J. (1980) A Revision of Rhododendron 1: Subgenus Rhododendron sections Rhododendron & Pogonanthum. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(1):169