Description

Shrub from 1-4 m. Young branches sparsely loriform-setose, the setae quickly deciduous. Leaves ± obovate, tapered to the base, abruptly acute at the apex, 70-120 x 35-60 mm, the lower surface brownish with lax to rather dense scales. Inflorescence (2-)3-5-flowered. Calyx obscurely lobed, loriform-ciliate. Corolla white or white flushed pink, with a yellow blotch at the base, (50-)55-75 mm, tube (28-)30~40 mm, pubescent at the base outside, the whole surface laxly lepidote. Capsule lepidote, c. 20 mm.

Distribution

China (W & SW Yunnan)

Altitude

Habitat

Forests, hillsides, scrub

Nomenclatural History

R. lasiopodum Hutchinson, op. cit.: 58. Type: China, Yunnan, Shweli/Salween Divide, 8000-9000 ft, v 1913, Forrest 9919 (holo. E)

Notes

References

Cullen, J. (1980) A Revision of Rhododendron 1: Subgenus Rhododendron sections Rhododendron & Pogonanthum. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(1):51