Description

Shrub, l-2.5m; young shoots floccose-tomentose, eglandular; perulae persistent or deciduous. Leaves narrowly to broadly elliptic or linear-lanceolate, 6-21 x l-3cm, 2.3-10 x as long as broad, apex rounded to acute, base rounded to cuneate, upper surface glabrous or with a thin floccose indumentum towards the base, lower surface with a thick white to fulvous lanate tomentum that obscures the midrib; petioles 1-1.5cm, tomentose at first, usually soon glabrescent. Inflorescence lax, 5—10-flowered; rhachis 2—5mm; pedicels 15—25mm, densely fulvous-tomentose. Calyx 2—5(~7)mm, densely tomentose. Corolla 5-lobed, funnel-campanulate, pale rose, with or without flecks, 30-40mm. Ovary densely whitish to brown-tomentose. Capsule at least 15 x 7mm. ** * Rhododendron yakushimanum * var. * makinoi * ** Leaves7.5-10 x as long as broad; perulae persistent ** * Rhododendron yakushimanum * var. * yakushimanum * ** Leaves 2.3-6 x as long as broad; perulae deciduous

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References

Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):310