Bull. Soc. Bot. France 33: 232 (1886).
WFO ID: wfo-0001048898
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:333443-1
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Shrub, 0.8-4m. Leaves 5-11 x 2-4cm, 2.2-3(-3.5) x as long as broad, apex acute, base rounded to ± cuneate, lower surface with a dense fulvous bistrate indumentum, the upper layer ramiform, tomentose, loose to ± felted, the lower layer compacted; petioles 0.5-lcm, tomentose. Inflorescence 10-20-flowered; rhachis 5-15mm; pedicels 10-20mm, tomentose and glandular. Calyx 0.5-2mm, glabrous. Corolla white to (rarely) yellow, sometimes flushed with pink, with crimson flecks, 30-35mm. Ovary and style glabrous. Capsule 15-20 x c. 7mm.
China (W Yunnan)
Meadows, rocky slopes, Rhododendron thickets
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):343