Rhododendron yuefengense
Fortunea group
Epithet: from Yuefeng, Guangxi.
H3
Shrub: 0.5-1.5m high.
Flowers: 5-10/truss, funnel-campanulate, 40-48mm long, very pale purple, white at base within, lobes 7, initially galndular.
May-June.
Leaves: glabous, oval or broadly elliptic, 45-95 x 40-90mm; upper surface shiny somewhat convex at margins, apex rounded; underside glabrous.
Distribution: Guangxi, 1800-2150m.
Photo: Chris Callard