Chamberlain, D.F. & Rae, S.J. (1990) A Revision of Rhododendron
IV
Subgenus Tsutsusi. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 47(2):136
WFO ID: wfo-0001047946
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:333518-1
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Shrub, l-2m; young shoots covered with adpressed brownish strigose hairs. Leaves thinly to thickly coriaceous, monomorphic ? to dimorphic, elliptic to broadly ovate; spring leaves 1.3-2.2 x 0.6-1,4cm, 1.5-2.2 x as long as broad, apex rounded to acuminate, margin entire, upper surface sparsely villose to setose when young, soon glabrescent, lower surface with scattered brown strigose hairs arising from bulbous bases, especially on midrib; petioles 2~4mm, densely strigose. Inflorescence 3-5~flowered; pedicels 2-6mm, densely strigose. Calyx 3-5mm, indumentum as for pedicels, lobes c.3mm. Corolla funnel-campanulate, 12.5-20mm, rose to purple, with darker flecks on upper lobe; tube 3-9mm long, c.3mm wide, hairy on the inner surface, glabrous on outer surface. Stamens 5, filaments minutely pubescent below. Ovary densely strigose; style glabrous. Capsule 9-10 x 5-6mm, densely strigose.
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