J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 30(1): 173 (1911). Syntypes: Taiwan,
Tozan, in montibus Morrison, x 1906, Nakahara, n.v.; central mountains, xi 1906,
Kawakami & Mori 1857 (TI), 1859 (TI); Randazian, v iii 1908, Hayata & Mori 7044,
n.v.
WFO ID: wfo-0001048945
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:333259-1
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Shrub, to 3m; young shoots densely covered with adpressed flattened grey to reddish-brown hairs. Leaves monomorpbic, chartaceous, oblong-lanceolate to elliptic, l-3(-5.5) x 0.5-l(-2.5)cm, 2-3 x as long as broad, apex acute and with a glandular mucro, base cuneate, margin entire, upper surface with pale grey adpressed hairs, lower surface clothed with flattened adpressed red-brown hairs, especially on midrib; petioles 3-5mm, densely covered with flattened red-brown hairs. Inflorescence 2-4-flowered; pedicels 2-4mm, densely strigose, hidden by bud scales. Calyx minute, densely covered with strigose red-brown hairs. Corolla funnel-shaped, pink with rose flecks, 10-15(-25)mm. Stamens 7-10, filaments pilose towards base. Ovary covered with pale grey soft hairs; style with a few flattened brown hairs at base. Capsule conic-ovoid, c.5mm long, covered with shaggy red-brown hairs.
Taiwan (Ilan, Nantou, Chiaye)
R. caryophyllum Hayata, Icon. PI. Formosan. 3:130, t.23 (1913). Type: Taiwan, 1909, Mori s.n., n.v. R. randaiense Hayata, Gen. Index Fl. Formosa 43 (1917) - nomen nudum.
Chamberlain, D.F. & Rae, S.J. (1990) A Revision of Rhododendron IV Subgenus Tsutsusi. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 47(2):125