Subgenus Rhododendron
Section Rhododendron
Subsection Ledum

Erect shrub, 0.5 - 2m; young shoots puberulent, gland-dotted. Leaves 1.5-3.5 x 0.5-2 cm, broadly elliptic-oval, apex acuminate, margins flat or slightly incurved, upper surface dark green, lower surface lighter green, papillate, glabrous or more or less pubescent, scales rimless, golden, 1-2x their own diameter apart; petioles 4-10mm.

Flowers many in a loose terminal umbellate corymb; calyx small, lobes rounded, margins ciliate; corolla white, rotate, c.6mm; pedicels 1.5-4cm, often glandular; stamens 8-12; ovary densely glandular and scaly, style sparsely glandular.

-20F

May-August

Northwest USA

Source: The Rhododendron Handbook 1998; Published by the Royal Horticulture Society

R. neoglandulosum
by Clarice Clark
neoglandulosum Gearhart, Oregon

R. neoglandulosum
by Clarice Clark
neoglandulosum lower surface