Rhododendron huianum Fang

Shrub or small tree, 2–9 m; shoots soon becoming glabrous. Leaves 10–12.5 × 2–3 cm, oblanceolate, apex cuspidate to acuminate, lower surface glabrous. Flowers 6–10, borne on a 3–6cm rhachis; pedicels glabrous; calyx 5–10 mm, lobes rounded; corolla 7-lobed, pale red to purplish or lilac, open-campanulate, 35–50 mm, glabrous; stamens 12–14; ovary and style glandular. Royal Horticultural Society (1997)

Distribution  China NE Yunnan & adjacent parts of Sichuan

Habitat 1,000–2,700 m

RHS Hardiness Rating H6

Conservation status Near threatened (NT)