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Rhododendron charitopes subsp. charitopes (E00314378)

CETAF ID: http://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00314378
Catalogue Number: E00314378
Scientific Name: Rhododendron charitopes subsp. charitopes
Collector Number: 1627
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Rhododendron
Species: charitopes
Field Notes: A particularly charming plant with the last, but a loose bush of 9 inches to a foot, very copious with 3- (very rarely 4-) bloomed inflorescences. Flowers a clear apple blossom pink, but fluched with more armly in their upper lobe and speckled with crimson, and with a deep-rose tube.
Country: Myanmar
State/Province: Kachin
Locality: Myanmar:Kachin State:NE Burma, Shing Hong Pass [on the Turon/Dulong river]