Rhododendron oreotrephes

Family: Ericaceae (Heath)

Distribution: China (Sichuan, Xizang (Tibet), Yunnan)

IUCN Red list: Least concern

Life form: Shrub - evergreen

Comments: Habit: A rounded broadly upright shrub.
Foliage: Leavess can be oblong-elliptic, oblong, ovate to almost orbicular. 2-9cm long by 1.2-4.2cm wide. The upper surface is a grey-green to blue-green and the underside is a pale glaucous-green with scales.
Flowers: A loose truss of 3-10 funnel-campanulate flowers of whitish-pink, light purple through pink to rose, spotted or unspotted.

1: Matthews M10 (T3/M10) • Accession: T3/1987-1412
2: • Accession: T3/2021-1145 (2)‎ • Provenance: Garden
3: Nursery N1 (T3/N1) • Accession: T3/2022-0142 (15)‎ • Provenance: Garden
4: Nursery N4 (T3/N4) • Accession: T3/2021-1130 (13)‎ • Provenance: Garden

Pukeiti

Plant Hunter’s Station

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Rhododendron oreotrephes

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