Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 13: 298 (1922).
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Small tree; young shoots glandular-setose. Leaves elliptic, 7-11x3-4.2cm, c.2.5 x as long as broad, apex acuminate, base rounded, upper surface glabrous at maturity, lower surface with punctate hair bases persistent over the main lateral veins, with scattered setose glands towards the base and a thin indumentum, especially near the midrib; petioles 1 —1.5cm, glandular-setose. Inflorescence c. 8-flowered; rhachis 2-3mm; pedicels 25-30mm, glandular-setose. Calyx c. 10mm, lobes narrowly triangular, glandular-ciliate. Corolla funnel-campanulate, pink with a basal blotch, c.30mm. Ovary densely stipitate-glandular; style glabrous. Capsule ? unknown.
Alpine woodlands
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):429