Description

Shrub, c.2m; young shoots densely adpressed-strigose. Leaves ? dimorphic, chartaceous, elliptic-oblong to narrowly elliptic; spring leaves 2.5ó3(ó3.5) x 0.8-1.4cm, 2.5-3 x as long as broad, apex subacuminate, base cuneate; margin obscurely crenate, ciliate; upper surface adpressed-strigose at first, later glabrescent, lower surface pale at maturity, ± glabrescent except for the strigose midrib reddish-brown-strigose; summer leaves 12-15 x 7-8mm, otherwise as for spring leaves; petioles 2-4mm. Inflorescence 3-6~flowered; pedicels c.5mm, glandular and densely strigose. Calyx c.3 mm, densely strigose, lobes c.lmm, triangular. Corolla funnel-shaped, red, with purple flecks, 12-16mm; tube 6-8mm, c.4mm broad, shortly stipitate-glandular on outer surface, puberulent within; lobes 6-8mm. Stamens 5, filaments puberulent. Ovary densely reddish-brown-strigose; style stipitate-glandular for most of its length, also strigose at base. Capsule not known.

Distribution

China (Guangxi)

Altitude

Habitat

Woodland etc

Nomenclatural History

? R. glandulostylum Fang & M.Y. He, Bull. Bot. Res. N.E. Forest. Inst. 2(2): 84 (1982), non R. glandulistylum Komatsu (1918). Type: China, Guangxi, Jinxiu Yaozu Zizhi Xian (Dayaoshan Xian, Jinxiuqu), 1260m, 4 v 1964, F.N. Wei 809 (holo. IBK, n.v.)

Notes

References

Chamberlain, D.F. & Rae, S.J. (1990) A Revision of Rhododendron IV Subgenus Tsutsusi. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 47(2):127