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'Rhododendron bathyphyllum' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
A hybrid between R. proteoides Balf.f. & W.W.Sm. and R. aganniphum Balf.f. & Kingdon-Ward (Subsect. Taliensia). It is intermediate in stature and in leaf size; it may be distinguished from the latter by its densely tomentose ovaries. It occurs in mixed populations with the parents in the mountains on the border of NW Yunnan and Tibet. Royal Horticultural Society (1997)
Distribution China NW Yunnan, Tibet
RHS Hardiness Rating H6