金顶杜鹃(原亚种) jin ding du juan (yuan ya zhong)

Rhododendron faberioides I. B. Balfour; R. wuense I. B. Balfour.

Leaf blade ovate-oblong, 7–12 × 2.5–4.5 cm, abaxially with upper layer of indumentum thick, red-brown to tawny. Inflorescence 6–10-flowered. Corolla ca. 4 cm; ovary densely setose-glandular. Capsule 10–15 mm. Fl. May–Jun, fr. Sep–Oct.

Abies forests, thickets, rocky mountain slopes; 2800–3500 m. W Sichuan.