Herbarium catalogue

Family: Ericaceae

Rhododendron anthosphaerum Diels

Holotype of Rhododendron chawchiense Balf.f. & Farrer

Collector/Expedition: Farrer, Reginald John

Collection number: 1552

Collection date: 15th May 1920

Country/Territory: China:Yunnan

Collecting locality: China:Upper Burma:Chaw-ji [Chawchi] Pass [Chawchi pass is in fact close to the Dulongjiang pass, which is located in Gongshan county, Yunnan province of China]

Locality as recorded by collector: Burma [area ceeded to China]

Habitat: Among the snow

Description: A small tree than the last in full blossom amid the snow. Flowers very copious, but of a virulent blue-magenta, like Rh. fastinesum fl pl. though. like this some of its tones are less displeasing than others.

Miscellaneous notes: No. F1549, 1551, 1552 make up the spring blooming Rhododendron forest at 10500, & F1552 is part abundant & copious just now among the snow at 10800 (also in miles of colour in the open on the Mak[illegible) pass. June)

Barcode: E00010403

Cite as: https://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00010403

Herbarium region: 4 (Inner China, Korea and Taiwan)

Number of sheets: 1