Rhododendron yunnanense

Rhododendron yunnanense (云南杜鹃) is a species of rhododendron native to Myanmar and Guizhou, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, and Yunnan, China, where it grows at altitudes of 2200–3600 meters. It is a shrub that grows to 1–2 m in height, with leaves that are oblong, lanceolate, oblong-lanceolate or obovate, 2.5–7 by 0.8–3m in size. Flowers are white, pale red, or pale purple.

Rhododendron yunnanense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Rhododendron
Species:	R. yunnanense
Binomial name
Rhododendron yunnanense Franch.
Synonyms
Rhododendron aechmophyllum Balf. f. & Forrest Rhododendron bodinieri Franch. Rhododendron chartophyllum Franch. Rhododendron chartophyllum f. praecox Diels Rhododendron hormophorum Balf. f. & Forrest Rhododendron pleistanthum Balf. f. ex Hutch. Rhododendron seguinii H. Lév. Rhododendron shaanxiense W.P. Fang & Z.J. Zhao Rhododendron suberosum Balf. f. & Forrest

In cultivation in the UK the cultivar 'Openwood' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.^[1][2] The flowers are a pale lavender with a crimson spotted throat.