Description

Distribution

China (N Sichuan, Gansu)

Altitude

Habitat

Nomenclatural History

R. weldianum Rehder & Wilson in Sargent (ed.), PI. Wilsonianae 1: 532 (1913). Type: China, E Sichuan, W of and near Wen-chuan Hsien, 3300m, x 1910, Wilson 4235, n.v. Shrub, 1.3-4.5m. Leaves narrowly obovate to elliptic, 6.5-11 x 2.5-5cm, 2.2—3 x as long as broad, apex apiculate, base rounded to cuneate, lower surface covered with a bistrate indumentum, the upper layer a thin to dense reddish-brown ramiform tomentum, the lower compacted, whitish, embedded in a surface film; petioles c.lcm, tomentose. Inflorescence 6~ 11 -flowered; rhachis c.5mm; pedicels 7-15mm, densely tomentose. Calyx c.0.5mm, tomentose. Corolla campanulate, white to pale pink, with crimson flecks, 20-32mm. Ovary densely reddish-tomentose, with a few stipitate glands below the style; style glabrous or with a few hairs at base. Capsule 15-25 x 5-7mm, falcate.

Notes

References

Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):361