硬叶杜鹃 ying ye du juan

Shrubs, 1–3 m tall; young shoots deep purplish red, densely or sparsely scaly, otherwise glabrous or rarely pubescent. Petiole 3-14 mm, sparsely scaly; leaf blade elliptic, oblong-ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, 2–7 × 1–3 cm; base rounded to cuneate; apex obtuse or acute, apiculate; abaxial surface scales 0.5–1(–2) × their own diameter apart, unequal, brown; adaxial surface densely or sparsely scaly. Inflorescence terminal or subterminal, shortly racemose, 2–4-flowered; rachis 2–3 mm. Pedicel 0.2–0.6(–1) cm, sparsely or densely scaly; calyx rimlike or undulate, 0.5–1 mm, scaly; corolla broadly funnelform-campanulate, pale red or rose-red, 1.2–2.5 cm, outer surface sparsely scaly; stamens unequal, long ones slightly longer than corolla; filaments densely pubescent at base; ovary 5-locular, densely scaly; style longer than corolla, glabrous. Capsule cylindric, 7–14 mm. Fl. Apr–Jun.

Forests, thickets; 2300–3600 m. N and SW Sichuan, N Yunnan.

Lower Taxa

• Rhododendron tatsienense var. nudatum R. C. Fang
• Rhododendron tatsienense var. tatsienense