白毛华丽杜鹃 bai mao hua li du juan

Rhododendron mesopolium I. B. Balfour & Forrest, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 13: 51. 1920; R. asteium I. B. Balfour & Forrest; R. epipastum I. B. Balfour & Forrest; R. eudoxum subsp. asteium (I. B. Balfour & Forrest) Tagg; R. eudoxum subsp. epipastum (I. B. Balfour & Forrest) Tagg; R. eudoxum subsp. mesopolium (I. B. Balfour & Forrest) Tagg; R. fulvastrum subsp. epipastum (I. B. Balfour & Forrest) Cowan; R. fulvastrum subsp. mesopolium (I. B. Balfour & Forrest) Cowan.

Leaf blade 3.5–7 cm; abaxial surface with whitish, discontinuous indumentum. Corolla pink, 3–3.5 cm; ovary predominantly tomentose.

Bamboo forests, alpine Rhododendron thickets, stony slopes; 3800–4300 m. SE Xizang, NW Yunnan.