Kew Bull. 1910: 105 (19l10)
WFO ID: wfo-2700000566
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:333591-1
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Sprawling shrub, 0.6-1.5m. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 7-8 x 2.5-4cm, 1.6-3 x as long as broad, apex apiculate to shortly acuminate, base cuneate, lower surface with a sparse to dense unistrate reddish-brown mdumentum of long-rayed hairs intermixed with a few glands, rarely glabrescent; petioles 1 —1.5cm, tomentose and sparsely glandular. Inflorescence 8-15-flowered; rhachis c.lOmm; pedicels 20-30mm, tomentose. Calyx c.0.5mm, tomentose. Corolla open-campanulate, yellow or white to pink, with purple flecks, 35-40mm. Ovary densely reddish-hairy, eglandular; style glabrous. Capsule cylindrical.
China (C Sichuan)
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):362