Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 18:219(1934).
WFO ID: wfo-0001048852
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:333548-1
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Straggling shrub, 2-3m; young shoots setose-glandular and with an evanescent indumentum. Leaves elliptic to lanceolate, 8.5-14 x 2-2.4cm, 3.5-4 x as long as broad, apex acute to acuminate, base rounded, upper and lower surfaces glabrous except for a thin stellate indumentum intermixed with folioliferous hairs on the midrib below; petioles 1-1.5cm, stellate-tomentose and setose-glandular. Inflorescence 7-10-flowered; rhachis c.5mm; pedicels c.lOmm, rufous stellate-tomentose and setulose-glandular. Calyx 3-5mm, tomentose and glandular at base, lobes broad, rounded, ciliate-glandular. Corolla fleshy, tubular-campanulate, crimson, with darker nectar pouches, 30-35mm. Ovary with a dense tomentum intermixed with stipitate glands. Capsule c.20mm, curved.
China (SE Xizang)
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):290