Rhododendron aganniphum var. aganniphum
Ponticum section
Epithet: snowy
H3
Height: to 3m, shrub
Flowers: 8-12/truss, campanulate, small, 26-45mm long, white, rose, deep rose or purplish-pink, with crimson spots
May
Distribution: SE Tibet, NW Yunnan, SW Sichuan, 3,400-4,600m
Foliage: ovate, elliptic, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 35-85 x 15-40mm; upper surface dark green or pale green, glabrous; underside covered with a thick spongy, brown, whitish, yellowish or fawn continuous bistrate indumentum
Location: Wirral
Photo: Angela Brabin
Location: Wirral
Photo: Angela Brabin