Gard. Chron. 133:5 (1953)
WFO ID: wfo-0001048059
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:333586-1
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Shrub 2-3 m. Young growth not loriform-setose. Leaves elliptic, tapered to the base, slightly acute at the apex, sometimes with a short drip-tip, 100-110 x 38-45 mm, undersurface brownish with lax, unequal scales. Calyx small, disc-like, somewhat undulately lobed, lepidote, margins loriform-ciliate. Inflorescence 3-6-flowered. Corolla creamy white with a greenish blotch, c. 60 mm, tube c. 38 mm, the outside completely pilose except for the tips of the lobes, sparsely lepidote on the lobes. Capsule c. 15 mm.
India (Arunachal Pradesh), China (SE Xizang)
Rocks, cliffs, ravines, rarely epiphytic
Cullen, J. (1980) A Revision of Rhododendron 1: Subgenus Rhododendron sections Rhododendron & Pogonanthum. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(1):48