Description

Shrub, 2-2.5m; young shoots rufous stellate-tomentose, eglandular. Leaves oblanceolate to elliptic, 7-15 x 2.5-5.1cm, 2.8-3.2 x as long as broad, apex rounded, apiculate, base rounded, both surfaces glabrous when mature except for a few stellate hairs on the midrib below; petioles 0.5—1.5cm, stellate-tomentose when young, later glabrescent. Inflorescence 5-10-flowered; rhachis c.5mm; pedicels 10-15mm, stellate-tomentose. Calyx large, reddish, cupular, 10-17mm, lobes rounded, irregular, ciliate, otherwise glabrous. Corolla tubular-campanulate, crimson, 45—50mm. Ovary densely brown stellate-tomentose, eglandular; style tomentose below. Capsule c. 15mm long, curved.

Distribution

China (W Yunnan)

Altitude

Habitat

Pine forests, Rhododendron thickets

Nomenclatural History

Notes

References

Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):379