Rhododendron longipes Rehder & E.H.Wilson

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Shrub or small tree, 1–10 m; young shoots pubescent. Leaves 5–11 × 1.5–3 cm, oblanceolate, apex cuspidate, lower surface covered with a felted to compacted fawn or brownish indumentum that is intermixed with a few glands. Flowers 8–15, in a lax truss; calyx 1–2 mm; corolla pinkish to pale purple, with darker flecks, funnel-campanulate, 30–35 mm; ovary rufous-tomentose and glandular, style glabrous. Royal Horticultural Society (1997)

Distribution  China Sichuan, Guizhou

Habitat 2,000–2,900 m

RHS Hardiness Rating H6

Conservation status Vulnerable (VU)

This species has only recently been introduced into cultivation. Royal Horticultural Society (1997)