毛枝棕背杜鹃 mao zhi zong bei du juan

Rhododendron iodes I. B. Balfour & Forrest, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 13: 49. 1920.

Young shoots densely rusty brown-tomentose; bud scales deciduous. Leaf blade 6–10 × 1.5–2.5 cm; abaxial surface rufous, upper indumentum densely felted-tomentose, persistent. Ovary sparsely floccose-tomentose, eglandular. Fl. Jun–Jul, fr. Sep.

Rhododendron thickets, mountains; 3300–4300 m. SW Sichuan (Muli), SE Xizang, NW Yunnan.