Description

Shrub, l-4.5m. Leaves oblanceolate to broadly elliptic, 5-12 x 1.5-4cm, 2.5-6 x as long as broad, apex apiculate, base cuneate, upper surface with deeply impressed veins so appearing bullate, lower surface with a dense unistrate cinnamon to rust-red fasciculate to ramiform tomentum; petioles 1.5-3cm, tomentose at first, soon glabrescent. Inflorescence c.!0-flowered; rhachis 5-7mm; pedicels 15-25mm, usually lanate-pubescent. Calyx c.lmm, tomentose. Corolla campanulate, white to pink, with red flecks, 30-40mm. Ovary densely rust-red lanate-tomentose, eglandular; style glabrous or hairy at base. Capsule 22-25 x 4-5mm, falcate.

Distribution

China (C Sichuan)

Altitude

Habitat

Rocky pastures and slopes

Nomenclatural History

Notes

References

Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):362