Rhododendron facetum Balf.f. & Kingdon-Ward

Shrub or tree, 2–10 m; young shoots and petioles rufous stellate-tomentose. Leaves 10–18.5 × 3–7.2 cm, oblanceolate to elliptic, both surfaces glabrous and shining when mature, or with vestiges of indumentum, especially on the midrib towards the base. Flowers c.10, in a lax truss; calyx 3–5 mm; corolla deep rose to scarlet, tubular-campanulate, with nectar pouches, 40–50 mm; ovary rufous stellate-tomentose; style with floccose stellate hairs and glands. Flowering June-July. Royal Horticultural Society (1997)

Distribution  Myanmar NE China W Yunnan

Habitat 2,700–3,350 m

RHS Hardiness Rating H5

Awards AM 1924 (T.H. Lowinsky, Sunninghill); flowers reddish salmon, with darker spots. FCC 1980 (R.N.S. Clarke, Borde Hill, Sussex) to a clone 'Eric Rudd', from Forrest 26045; truss loose, rounded, comprising up to 13 flowers, corolla red, with overall red mottling.

Conservation status Least concern (LC)