Rhododendron haofui Chun & W. P. Fang

Shrubs, 4–6 m tall; bark gray or brownish, exfoliating into thin and small irregular flakes; branchlets cylindric; young shoots greenish then grayish, glabrous. Petiole 15–22 mm, glabrous; leaf blade leathery, lanceolate or obovate-lanceolate, 7–10 × 3–4 cm; base rounded or cuneate; apex acute or obtuse, apiculate; abaxial surface indumentum brownish, 2-layered; adaxial surface shiny, glabrous; lateral veins 14–18-paired, impressed adaxially. Inflorescence a lax racemose umbel, usually 5–9-flowered; rachis 5–10 mm, yellowish pilose. Pedicel 2–3.5 cm; calyx lobes 5, ca. 1 mm, villous; corolla broadly campanulate, white, sometimes flushed with rose, 4–4.5 cm, lobes 5, orbicular, ca. 1.5 × 2 cm; stamens 18–20, unequal, 1.5–3 cm, filaments villous below; ovary cylindric, ca. 6 mm, densely whitish woolly-tomentose; style 2.5–3 cm, glabrous, stigma swollen. Capsule cylindric, 15–25 × ca. 8 mm, brownish woolly-tomentose. Fl. May, fr. Oct.

N Guangxi, Guizhou, S Hunan, SW Jiangxi, E Yunnan.

Thickets in valleys; 800–1900 m.

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

Rhododendron haofui là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Thạch nam. Loài này được Chun & W.P. Fang miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1957.

光枝杜鹃（学名：Rhododendron haofui）为杜鹃花科杜鹃属下的一个种。