Rhododendron bureavioides Balf.f.

Shrub, to 2.5 m. Leaves 7–14 × 3.5–6 cm, elliptic to broadly obovate, apex acute to acuminate; lower surface covered with a dense two-layered indumentum, the upper layer white at first, becoming rufous at maturity, composed of ramiform hairs with stiff branches, the lower white and compacted; petioles densely rufous-tomentose. Flowers c. 10, in a dense truss; calyx 7–12 mm; corolla white suffused rose to rose, with crimson flecks and basal blotch, funnel-campanulate, nectar pouches lacking, 40–45 mm; ovary and lower half of style stalked-glandular. Flowering May. Royal Horticultural Society (1997)

Distribution  China W Sichuan-Kangding

Habitat 3,000-?4,770 m

RHS Hardiness Rating H7

Conservation status Least concern (LC)