Rhododendron mimetes Tagg & Forrest

Shrubs, 1–2 m tall; young shoots sparsely floccose. Petiole 10–15 mm, initially floccose, later glabrescent; leaf blade leathery, elliptic to oblong-ovate, 6–10 × 2.5–4 cm; base subrounded; apex shortly acuminate, apiculate; abaxial surface with indumentum 2-layered, upper layer loose, fulvous woolly-tomentose, floccose, ± detersile when mature, hairs multi-branched, lower layer whitish, compacted and persistent; adaxial surface glabrous. Inflorescence lax, racemose-umbellate, 6–10-flowered; rachis ca. 10 mm. Pedicel 1.8–2 cm, densely tomentose and shortly glandular-hairy; calyx lobes 5, 3–6 mm, unequal, ovate, sparsely tomentose and shortly glandular-hairy outside, margin glandular-ciliate; corolla broadly funnel-campanulate, white, faintly flushed pink, with few crimson spots inside, 4–4.5 × ca. 5 cm; lobes 5; stamens 10, unequal, filaments pubescent at base; ovary ca. 6 mm, densely brown-tomentose and short-glandular-hairy; style ca. 2.8 cm, glabrous, stigma slightly lobulate. Fl. Jun.

SW Sichuan.

Thickets, gullies, rocky mountain slopes; 3300–3600 m.

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

Rhododendron mimetes là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Thạch nam. Loài này được Tagg & Forrest miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1927.

优异杜鹃（学名：Rhododendron mimetes）为杜鹃花科杜鹃属下的一个种。