Pukeiti

Family: Ericaceae (Heath)

Distribution: China (Guizhou, Sichuan)

IUCN Red list: Near threatened

Life form: Shrub - evergreen

Comments: Habit: A shrub or small tree with a thin upright habit. The branchlets appear hairy in their juvrnile state.
Foliage: Oblong-lanceolate leaves with a rough upper surface of olive-green. The underside has a somewhat thick woolly indumentum of white or fawn hairs.
Flowers: Widely bell shaped flowers of purplish-lavender with a deen crimson blotch and spots.