Rhododendron uvariifolium (紫玉盘杜鹃) is a rhododendron species native to southwestern Sichuan, southeastern Xizang, and northwestern Yunnan in China, where it grows at altitudes of . It is an evergreen shrub or tree growing to in height, with leathery leaves that are oblanceolate to oblong-oblanceolate or obovate, 11–24 by 3.5–6.5 cm in size. Flowers are white, pink, or rose, with crimson basal blotch and purple spots.
Synonyms Rhododendron dendritrichum Balf.f. & Forrestmall> Rhododendron monbeigii Rehder & E.H. Wilson Rhododendron niphargum Balf.f. & Kingdon-Ward Rhododendron uvariifolium var. griseum Cowan
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"Rhododendron uvariifolium", Diels, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh. 5: 213. 1912