PI Wiisonianae 1: 529 (1913).
Verified by:
Shrub, 3-4m; perulae persistent, at least on young shoots. Leaves narrowly obianceolate, 8-13 x 1.5-3cm, 3-5 x as long as broad, apex cuspidate, glabrous above, with a dense, fawn, compacted, unistrate indumentum beneath; petioles l-2cm, with a whitish floccose indumentum at first though soon glabrous, lower surface with a thin silvery to fawn compacted indumentum 30-50mm, sparsely glandular. Calyx 2-5mm, lobes rounded, oblong, glandular. Corolla funnel-shaped, white tinged with pink, lobes sometimes with a darker median line and purple flecks, 25-30mm. Ovary exclusively rufous-stipitate-glandular or rufous-tomentose and glandular; style glandular to tip. Capsule c.20 x 4-6mm, cylindrical.
China (Sichuan)
Woodland
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):323