Kew Bull. 1910: 112 (1910).
WFO ID: wfo-0001219287
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:333592-1
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Shrub or small tree, 2-6m. Leaves 10-17(-23) X 4.3-8.5(-10)cm, 2-2.3 x as long as broad, apex acute to acuminate, base cuneate, upper surface glabrous, lower surface with a whitish thin compacted and agglutinated indumentum; petioles at most 5mm, ± flattened, stout, glabrous. Inflorescence 12—15-flowered; rhachis c.7mm; pedicels c.20mm, very sparsely floccose-tomentose. Calyx c.2mm, lobes fleshy, broadly triangular. Corolla 7-lobed, campanulate, white with a crimson basal blotch, 35-40mm. Stamens 14. Ovary glabrous. Capsule 30-35 X 7-8mm, usually slightly curved.
China (C 8c N Sichuan, S Gansu)
Woodland
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):251