Rhododendron anthopogonoides Maxim.

Shrub, to 1.6 m; leaf bud scales deciduous. Leaves (2–)2.5–4 × 1–2 cm, ovate-elliptic, apex rounded, mucronate, lower surface covered with one tier of pale brown overlapping scales that are plastered to the surface and have domed well-developed centres and narrow, scarsely lacerate rims. Flowers many, in a dense racemose umbel; calyx lobes 3–4.5 mm, margin erose; corolla white or greenish white, rarely flushed pink, hypocrateriform, tube 5–10 mm densely pilose at throat, lobes 1.5–3 mm; stamens 5; ovary scaly, sometimes also pubescent. Flowering April-May. Royal Horticultural Society (1997)

Distribution China (Qinghai, Gansu).

Habitat 3,050–3,350m.

RHS Hardiness H4a-b.

Distribution  China Qinghai, Gansu

Habitat 3,050–3,350 m

RHS Hardiness Rating H5

Conservation status Least concern (LC)