Journ. de Bot. 9:396 (1895)
WFO ID: wfo-0001048912
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:333267-1
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Small shrub, 0-3-1 m, often with twisted and intricate branching. Leaf-bud scales deciduous. Leaves elliptic-oblong, rarely ovate, 10-20 X 5-9 mm, ± rounded at base and apex, dark glossy green above, beneath with dark brown, dense, overlapping scales borne in 2-3 tiers, those of the lowermost tier as dark as, or darker than, the rest. Inflorescences up to 12-flowered, pedicels short, elepidote or sparsely lepidote. Calyx lobes oblong, 3-4 mm, sparsely lepidote or elepidote outside, erose-ciliate with loriform cilia on the margins, glabrous inside. Corolla white, tube 5.5-9-5 mm, lobes 3-5-5-5 mm, often sparsely lepidote outside, mouth of the tube rather sparsely pilose inside. Stamens 5. Ovary lepidote. Capsule lepidote, scarcely exceeding the calyx
China (C Sichuan)
Open, rocky places
R. daphniflorum Diels, Acta Horti Gotob. 1:180 (1921). Type: China, Nord Szechuan, Dongrego, 4300 m, 21 vii 1922, Smith 3700 (iso. E)
Cullen, J. (1980) A Revision of Rhododendron 1: Subgenus Rhododendron sections Rhododendron & Pogonanthum. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(1):161