毛枝多变杜鹃 mao zhi duo bian du juan

Rhododendron dasycladum I. B. Balfour & W. W. Smith, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 10: 98. 1917; R. dolerum I. B. Balfour & Forrest; R. rhaibocarpum I. B. Balfour & W. W. Smith; R. selense var. dasycladum (I. B. Balfour & W. W. Smith) T. L. Ming.

Young shoots, petioles, and pedicels with glandular hairs to 2–3 mm. Leaf blade long-elliptic, 5–8 × 2–3.5 cm. Fl. Apr–Jun, fr. Jul–Oct.

Montane coniferous forests, Rhododendron thickets; 2700–3600 (–4000) m. SW Sichuan, E Xizang, NW Yunnan