Taxon

Rhododendron insigne

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Family: Ericaceae (Heath)
Distribution: China (Sichuan)
Habitat: Sub-montane forest and summit vegetation, 2200-3000m
IUCN Red list: Vulnerable
Life form: Shrub - evergreen
Comments: Habit: An evergreen shrub, the branchlets of which are densely covered with a whitish tomentum (hair).
Foliage: Oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate rigid leaves 6-11cm long by 1.6-5cm broad. The upper side is dark green and somewhat shiny. The underside is shiny with a thin plastered, pale copper indumentum.
Flowers: A truss of 6-16 campanulate pale pink flowers with a darker pink stripe along the lobe.

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