R. miniatum





subgenus Hymenanthes
section Ponticum
subsection Fulgensia

 
Main features of the subsection :

Shrubs or small trees, 1.5-6m. Leaves elliptic to broadly obovate, lower surface covered with a dense reddish-brown indumentum composed of fasciculate hairs. Inflorescence lax or dense, 4-14-flowered. Calyx minute to well-developed.
Corolla 5-lobed, crimson, fleshy, funnel-to tubular-campanulate, with nectar pouches. Stamens 10. Ovary and style glabrous.
 

Rhododendron fulgens
Rhododendron miniatum



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