Rhododendron pumilum Hook. fil.

Dwarf shrubs, evergreen, (0.05–)0.1(–0.25) m tall; branches long, prostrate, creeping or spreading, scaly. Petiole 1–2 mm, scaly; leaf blade leathery, ovate, elliptic, orbicular or obovate-elliptic, 0.8–1.9 × 0.4–1.2 cm; base rounded; apex rounded, mucronulate; abaxial surface pale grayish green, scales 2–3 (or more) × their own diameter apart, small, golden, brown, or dark brown; adaxial surface dark green, usually scaly. Inflorescence 1–3-flowered. Pedicel 1–2.6 cm, densely scaly, in fruit to 6 cm, rigid and erect; calyx reddish to purplish red, deeply 5-lobed; lobes 1–3 mm, ovate or oblong-ovate, persisting to enclose mature capsule, scaly, sparsely ciliate; corolla campanulate, pinkish purple to purple, 0.8–2.1 cm, outer surface sparsely scaly, pubescent; stamens 10, filaments densely pubescent towards base; ovary ovoid, densely scaly; style straight, shorter than stamens, ca. 1/2 as long as corolla, glabrous. Capsule ovoid or cylindric-ovoid, 6–13 mm, densely scaly. Fl. Apr–Jun, fr. Jul–Sep.

E. Himalaya (Nepal to Bhutan), N. Assam.

SE Xizang, NW Yunnan [Bhutan, NE India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim].

3500-4200 m

Alpine turf slopes, open hillsides, banks, rocks; 3300–4300 m.

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

Rhododendron pumilum là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Thạch nam. Loài này được Hook. f. miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1851.

矮小杜鹃（学名：Rhododendron pumilum），为杜鹃花科杜鹃属下的一个植物种。