Description

Shrub, 1-5 m. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 11-25 x 3.5-5cm, 3.3-4.2 x as long as broad, apex acuminate to cuspidate, base broadly cuneate, lower surface with a floccose, ± persistent indumentum along the midrib, otherwise glabrous; petioles 1.7-2.5 cm, with a floccose indumentum. Inflorescence c.lO-flowered; rhachis 10-15 mm; pedicels 20-25 mm, glabrescent. Calyx 1-2 mm, glabrous. Corolla 5(-6)-lobed, widely campanulate, glabrous outside, densely puberulent within, rose-pink, with darker flecks but no basal blotch, 50-75 mm; stamens 12-15, filaments with hairs at base. Ovary and style glabrous; stigma capitate. Capsule 45-50 x c. 12 mm, slightly curved.

Distribution

China (N Sichuan, Shaanxi, Hubei, Guizhou, Guangxi)

Altitude

Habitat

Forests, etc.

Nomenclatural History

Notes

References

Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):226