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Rhododendron levistratum I. B. Balfour & Forrest, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 11: 88. 1919; R. aiolopeplum I. B. Balfour & Forrest; R. dichropeplum I. B. Balfour & Forrest; R. helvolum I. B. Balfour & Forrest; R. intortum I. B. Balfour & Forrest; R. sigillatum I. B. Balfour & Forrest; R. theiophyllum I. B. Balfour & Forrest; R. vicinum I. B. Balfour & Forrest.

Leaf blade 5–9 × 2–3.5 cm; abaxial surface densely tawny to cinnamon felted-tomentose, not agglutinated. Corolla 2–3 cm. Fl. May–Jun, fr. Sep.

Abies forests, Rhododendron thickets, mountain slopes; 3000–4500 m. W Sichuan, NW Yunnan.