Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 19:231 (1937)
WFO ID: wfo-0001048744
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:333344-1
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Large shrub or small tree, 4.5-6m; young shoots stipitate-glandular, also with a mealy tomentum. Leaves obovate, c.7.5 x 4cm, 1.9 x as long as broad, apex rounded, minutely apiculate, base rounded, upper surface glabrous, lower surface densely fulvous-tomentose; petioles c. 1.5cm, glabrous when mature. Inflorescence 4—5-flowered; rhachis c.3mm; pedicels c.lOmm, glabrous. Calyx 3-5mm, glabrous, lobes broad and rounded. Corolla funnel-campanulate, deep carmine, with darker nectar pouches, 35—40mm. Ovary glabrous. Capsule c. 13 x 7mm.
China (S Xizang)
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):416