Stevenson (ed.) The Species of Rhododendron 436 (1930)
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Erect shrub, 1(-1 *3) m. Leaves (6-)8-20 x (2-)4-8 mm, elliptic to broadly elliptic or oblong, apex acute or obtuse, clearly or obscurely mucronate, base cuneate, undersurface fawn to ferrugineous, sometimes with slight darker spotting, with ± contiguous scales. Inflorescence 3-4(-6)-flowered, pedicels lepidote, 2-3 mm. Calyx lobes irregular, usually 2-3 mm, deltoid to strap-shaped or irregularly lobed, variably lepidote and ciliate. Corolla deep purplish blue, rose-lavender or rarely white, broadly funnel-shaped, 11—14(—16-5) mm, tube 5-6 mm, pubescent in the throat and rarely so on the outside. Stamens (8-)10, filaments pubescent towards the base. Ovary lepidote, style short (3.5-6 mm) or long (10-15 mm), glabrous. Capsule ovoid, c. 5 mm, lepidote.
China (N & NW Yunnan, SW Sichuan)
Open alpine slopes
R. glomerulatum Hutchinson, Gard. Chron. 91:428 (1932). Type: a cultivated specimen (holo. K).
Cullen, J. (1980) A Revision of Rhododendron 1: Subgenus Rhododendron sections Rhododendron & Pogonanthum. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(1):99