Description

Shrub, 1-I.5m; young shoots covered with adpressed brown hairs. Leaves monomorphic, subpersistent, coriaceous, ovate-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 1.5~2(-3) x 0.7-1.2(-1.8)cm, 1.7-2 x as long as broad, apex acute, mucronate, base cuneate, margin entire, upper surface sparsely strigose, lower surface densely strigose; petioles 2-3mm, adpressed-strigose. Inflorescence (l-)2-3-flowered; pedicels 5-7mm, densely covered with reddish-brown hairs. Calyx densely reddish-brown-hirsute, lobes rounded, l-2mm. Corolla broadly funnel-campanulate, 10-15(-20)mm long, 15-20mm across, pink with rose flecks; tube 4-6mm, glabrous. Stamens 9-10, unequal, filaments villose in lower half. Ovary greyish-pubescent; style pubescent in lower half. Capsule not known.

Distribution

China (N Taiwan)

Altitude

Habitat

Alpine meadows

Nomenclatural History

Notes

References

Chamberlain, D.F. & Rae, S.J. (1990) A Revision of Rhododendron IV Subgenus Tsutsusi. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 47(2):111