Rhododendron temenium I. B. Balf. & Forrest

Rhododendron ×fulvastrum I. B. Balfour & Forrest (Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 13: 45. 1920), described from Xizang, is a hybrid between R. temenium and perhaps R. sanguineum.

Upright dwarf shrubs, 0.6–1 m tall; older branches with swollen verrucae; shoots 3–4 mm in diam. below inflorescence; young shoots setulose and tomentose. Petiole ca. 4 mm, glabrescent; leaf blade leathery, oblong to oblong-elliptic, 3–6 × 1.3–2.3 cm; base widely cuneate or obtuse; margin revolute; apex obtuse, apiculate; abaxial surface glaucous-papillate, glabrous or with remains of whitish floccose indumentum, especially on midrib and main veins; adaxial surface deep green, glabrous; midrib grooved adaxially; lateral veins 9–11-paired, impressed adaxially. Inflorescence lax or dense, 4–6-flowered; rachis ca. 5 mm, puberulent. Pedicel 1–2 cm, setulose, tomentose; calyx cupular; lobes 5, 3–4(–10) mm, ovate, glabrous, margin ciliate; corolla tubular-campanulate, fleshy, white to yellow, pink or crimson to deep crimson, 3–4 cm, lobes 5, suborbicular, ca. 1.1 × 1.5 cm, emarginate; stamens 10, 1.5–2 cm, filaments glabrous; ovary ovoid, ca. 4.5 mm, densely tomentose and glandular-hairy; style ca. 2 cm, glabrous. Capsule cylindric, ca. 8 mm, with remnants of indumentum. Fl. Jun–Jul, fr. Aug–Oct.

SE Xizang, NW Yunnan.

Alpine thickets, meadows, rocky or stony slopes, cliffs; 3000–4500 m.

Rhododendron temenium adalah spesies tumbuhan yang tergolong ke dalam famili Ericaceae. Spesies ini juga merupakan bagian dari ordo Ericales. Spesies Rhododendron temenium sendiri merupakan bagian dari genus Rhododendron.

Rhododendron temenium là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Thạch nam. Loài này được Balf. f. & Forrest miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1919.

滇藏杜鹃（学名：Rhododendron temenium）为杜鹃花科杜鹃属下的一个变种。