Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 12:63 (1919)
WFO ID: wfo-0001048057
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:333269-1
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Shrub of about 1 m. Young growth not loriform-ciliate. Leaves 80-105 x 25-30 mm, narrowly obovate, tapered to the base, acuminate at the apex, not loriform-ciliate, undersurface brownish with dense, contiguous to overlapping scales. Calyx small, disc-like, loriform-ciliate. Corolla white, pinkish in bud, 55-65 mm, tube c. 35 mm; tube pilose at the base, the rest of the outer surface laxly lepidote. Capsule unknown.
China (S Yunnan—area around Szemao and the Papienho river)
Hillsides
Cullen, J. (1980) A Revision of Rhododendron 1: Subgenus Rhododendron sections Rhododendron & Pogonanthum. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(1):47