Description

Shrub; young shoots densely greyish-brown sericeous-strigose. Leaves dimorphic, coriaceous; spring leaves oblong-lanceolate, 2.5-3 x 1.2-1.3cm, c.1.5 x as long as broad, apex acuminate, base cuneate, margin undulate, densely ciliate, upper surface grey-strigose; summer leaves oblong-elliptic to elliptic, 10-20 x 5-8mm; petioles 5-10mm, densely spreading-strigose. Inflorescence 5-8-flowered; pedicels 4-5mm, densely strigose. Calyx 1.5-2mm, densely brownish-strigose, lobes crenulate. Corolla funnel-campanulate, 8-10mm, reddish to pale purple; tube 5-6mm, glabrous. Stamens 5, filaments pubescent below. Ovary densely sericeous-strigose; style base strigose. Capsule ovoid, c.6 x 3.5mm, strigose.

Distribution

China (Hunan)

Altitude

Habitat

Open woodland

Nomenclatural History

Notes

References

Chamberlain, D.F. & Rae, S.J. (1990) A Revision of Rhododendron IV Subgenus Tsutsusi. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 47(2):132