Rhododendron morii Hayata

Shrubs or trees, evergreen, 4.5–7.6 m tall; bark brown, smooth; older branches glabrous; young shoots pubescent; bud scales ovate, ca. 1.5 × 0.6 cm, glabrescent. Petiole 20–30 mm, ± floccose and glandular-hairy; leaf blade leathery, oblong-elliptic to oblong-ovate, 6.5–12 × 1.8–3.3 cm; base cuneate to rounded; apex acute or acuminate, apiculate; abaxial surface pale green, densely brownish tomentose when young, glabrescent; adaxial surface green, glabrous; midrib raised abaxially, grooved adaxially; lateral veins 14–16 on each side, obscure. Inflorescence 10–15-flowered; rachis ca. 20 mm, glandular. Pedicel 2.5–4 cm, glandular-hairy; calyx teeth 5, 1.5–3 mm; margin fringed with glands; corolla funnelform, white to pink, with crimson flecks and basal blotch, ca. 5 cm, lobes 5, suborbicular, ca. 2 × 2.3 cm, emarginate; stamens 10–14, 3.7–4.8 cm, filaments pubescent at base; ovary conoid, ca. 7 mm, glandular-hairy and tomentose; style glandular and tomentose at base, otherwise glabrous. Capsule 13–16 × 5–6 mm; style persistent. Fl. Apr, fr. Oct–Nov.

C Taiwan.

Forests; 1830–3040 m.

Rhododendron morii adalah spesies tumbuhan yang tergolong ke dalam famili Ericaceae. Spesies ini juga merupakan bagian dari ordo Ericales. Spesies Rhododendron morii sendiri merupakan bagian dari genus Rhododendron.

Rhododendron morii là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Thạch nam. Loài này được Hayata miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1911.