Rhododendron brevipetiolatum M. Y. Fang

Shrubs, ca. 3 m tall; branches more than one year old grayish, glabrescent; shoots stout, ca. 5 mm in diam., branchlets of current year purplish or brownish, puberulent and glandular. Petiole stout, ca. 10 mm; leaf blade leathery, oblong or oblong-elliptic, 8–12 × 3–5 cm; base broadly cuneate or rounded; apex blunt or cuspidate; abaxial surface brownish, indumentum compact, thin, veins with thin indumentum; adaxial surface greenish, glabrous; midrib slightly raised abaxially, impressed adaxially; lateral veins 16–19-paired, slightly raised abaxially, impressed adaxially. Inflorescence usually 5–7-flowered; rachis 5–7 mm, densely gray tomentose. Pedicel stout, ca. 1 cm, whitish floccose and glandular-hairy; calyx lobes 5, 2–3 mm, ovate, puberulent outside; corolla campanulate, deep crimson, 4–4.5 cm, with 5 dark purple nectar pouches at base; lobes 5, orbicular, ca. 1.3 × 2–2.5 cm, emarginate; stamens 10, unequal, 2.5–3.5 cm; filaments slender, glabrous; ovary conical, 6–7 mm, with long-glandular hairs, also pubescent; style 3–3.5 cm, glabrous, stigma dilated. Capsule not known. Fl. Apr.

C Sichuan (Yingjin).

Forests; ca. 1900 m.

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

Rhododendron brevipetiolatum là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Thạch nam. Loài này được M.Y. Fang miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1984.

短柄杜鹃（学名：Rhododendron brevipetiolatum）为杜鹃花科杜鹃属下的一个种。