Description

Dwarf shrub, 0.3—1.5m; young shoots sparsely white-floccose, rarely also with eglandular setae; perulae persistent or deciduous. Leaves elliptic to obovate, 3-8 x 1.5-3.2cm, 1.9-2.4(-3.2) x as long as broad, apex rounded, apiculate, base ± cuneate, upper surface glabrous, lower surface with a continuous compacted silvery to greyish rosulate indumentum; petioles 0.5-0.8cm, floccose when young, rarely also with glandular setae, usually ± glabrous when mature. Inflorescence 3-6-flowered; rhachis less than 5mm; pedicels 10-25mm, stipitate-glandular. Calyx 3-10mm, coloured, cupular when well-developed, lobes rounded, glandular-ciliate. Corolla fleshy, shortly tubular-campanulate, yellow to pink or crimson to blackish crimson, rarely white, 25-35mm. Ovary tomentose to stipitate-glandular. Capsule 10-15 x 4-6mm. ** * Rhododendron sanguineum * var. * didymum * ** ** * Rhododendron sanguineum * var. * sanguineum * ** Leaves 3 -8cm long; corolla colour as for species; ovary eglandular-tomentose of if glandular then corolla pinkish. ** * Rhododendron sanguineum * var. * sanguineum * ** ** * Rhododendron sanguineum * var. * sanguineum * ** ** * Rhododendron sanguineum * var. * sanguineum * ** ** * Rhododendron sanguineum * var. * sanguineum * ** ** * Rhododendron sanguineum * var. * sanguineum * **

Distribution

China (SE Xizang, NW Yunnan)

Altitude

Habitat

Open stony slopes, amongst scrub

Nomenclatural History

Notes

References

Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):396