Rhododendron Yearbook 21: 104 (1966)
Verified by:
Shrub, 0.6-2.4m; bark smooth; young shoots glabrous or glandular. Leaves oval to sub-orbicular, 4-9.7 x 2.8-6.6cm, c.1.5 x as long as broad, apex rounded, mucronate, base rounded to sub-cordate, upper and lower surfaces glabrous; lower epidermis strongly glaucous-papillate, with scattered viscid glands; petioles 1-2.5cm, glabrous. Inflorescence 1-2-flowered; rhachis l-3mm; pedicels c.lOmm, stipitate-glandular. Calyx cupular, 4-9mm, green, lobes rounded. Corolla tubular-campanulate, fleshy, coppery red, with dark nectar pouches and flecks, 35-45mm. Ovary densely tomentose and stipitate-glandular; style glabrous. Capsule c.20 x 9mm.
China (SE Xizang)
Cliff faces near waterfalls
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):420