Bull. Bot. Res. N.E. Forest. Inst. 3(1): 3, t.3 (1983)
Verified by:
Small shrub; young shoots spreading-glandular-setose; indumentum becoming pale greyish-brown, sometimes glabrous. Leaves chartaceous, scattered along branches; spring leaves oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 9~15(-20) x 3-8cm, apex acuminate, base broadly cuneate, margin setulose, upper surface glabrescent, lower surface sparsely setulose; summer leaves smaller, up to c.10 x 4mm, otherwise as for spring leaves; petioles 5-15mm, densely spreading-brownish-setose, also with short glandular hairs. Inflorescence 10-15~flowered; pedicels c. 10mm, densely setulose. Calyx c.3mm, densely setulose, teeth minute. Corolla funnel-campanulate, 13-15mm, red; tube 7-8mm, glabrous. Stamens 5, filaments glabrous. Ovary brown-setulose; style glandular-setose in lower half. Capsule oblong to oblong-ovoid, 5-7mm.
China (Guangxi)
Chamberlain, D.F. & Rae, S.J. (1990) A Revision of Rhododendron IV Subgenus Tsutsusi. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 47(2):100