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Rhododendron aganniphum var. schizopeplum Credit: Harvard University Herbaria

Rhododendron schizopeplum I. B. Balfour & Forrest, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 11: 131. 1919; R. doshongense Tagg; R. fissotectum I. B. Balfour & Forrest.

Leaf blade 6–8 × 3–3.5 cm; abaxial surface indumentum 2-layered, upper layer pale brown, splitting into an irregular netlike pattern to reveal white compact under layer, without pellicle. Fl. Jun.

Forest margins, thickets, mountain slopes; 3500–4500 m. SE Xizang, NW Yunnan.