Rhododendron nivale subsp. boreale Philipson & M.N.Philipson

Plants of China
Ericaceae
Rhododendron nivale J. D. Hooker subsp. nivale
Xizang (Tibet) Province, Bianba Xian: First pass from the city of
Bianba (Banbar) to Luolong (Lhorong) on highway 303.
30°45'40"N, 94°58'46"E; 4400-4440 m. Mixed shrub community
with tall (> 1.5 m) Rhododendron aganniphum, Salix, Sibiraea,
Spiraea, Potentilla fruticosa and Caragana jubata. Slopes, around
boulders. Shrubs ca. 0.5-2 m tall; calyx lobes ca. 2.25 mm long,
scaly; corolla pale to dark purple. DNA material available.
D. E. Boufford, B. Bartholomew, D. A. Eaton, X. H. Li, R. H. Ree,
B. Xu, J. P. Yue, J. W. Zhang & X. X. Zhu
40857	21 July 2009
Harvard University Herbaria
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