Rhododendron bainbridgeanum Tagg & Forrest

Shrub, sometimes dwarf, 0.6–2 m; young shoots covered with glandular setae. Leaves 8–12 × (2.5–)3–4 cm, obovate to elliptic, lower surface covered with a continuous felted dark brown indumentum composed of dendroid hairs, also with some stalked glands that are prominent on the midrib towards the base; petioles stalked-glandular. Flowers 4–8, in a lax truss; calyx 3–6 mm; corolla white to creamy yellow, usually flushed with pink, with a basal blotch and purple flecks, campanulate, without nectar pouches, 30–35 mm; ovary densely stalked-glandular, style usually glandular at base. Flowering April. Royal Horticultural Society (1997)

Distribution China (SE Tibet, NW Yunnan).

Habitat 3,500–4,000m.

RHS Hardiness H4a.

Distribution  China SE Tibet, NW Yunnan

Habitat 3,500–4,000 m

RHS Hardiness Rating H5

Conservation status Near threatened (NT)