Description

Dwarf shrub, 1 —1.5m; young shoots stellate-tomentose, eglandular. Leaves elliptic, 5.5-6.5 x 1.8—2.5cm, 1.6—3 x as long as broad, apex blunt, apiculate, base rounded, upper surface glabrous, lower surface with a floccose ± unistrate, rufous, discontinuous ramiform to sub-rosulate tomentum, lower epidermis epapillate, green; petioles 0.5-lcm, slightly winged, floccose-tomentose, eglandular. Inflorescence 4-5-fIowered; rhachis minute; pedicels c.lOmm, sparsely stellate-tomentose. Calyx 4-7mm, cupular, lobes rounded, ±ciliate. Corolla fleshy, tubular-campanulate, crimson to deep red, 25-35mm. Ovary densely fulvous-tomentose, ± truncate to tapering into the glabrous style. Capsuled 3 x 3mm.

Distribution

China (SE Xizang)

Altitude

Habitat

Alpine scrub, rocky slopes

Nomenclatural History

Notes

References

Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):412