Rhododendron sutchuenense Franch.

Shrubs or small trees, 1–8 m tall; young shoots usually ca. 8 mm in diam. below inflorescence, green, thinly tomentose. Petiole 20–30 mm, floccose when young, glabrescent; leaf blade leathery, oblong-lanceolate, 10–22 × 3–7 cm; base cuneate; apex obtuse or rounded; abaxial surface pale, persistently whitish floccose along midrib, otherwise glabrous; adaxial surface deep green, glabrous when mature; midrib prominent abaxially, grooved adaxially; lateral veins 17–22-paired. Inflorescence 8–10-flowered; rachis 10–15 mm, glabrous. Pedicel stout, 1–1.3 cm, white-puberulent; calyx lobes 5, ca. 2.2 mm, glabrous; corolla funnel-campanulate, rose, with deep rose flecks, ca. 5 cm, densely puberulent within; lobes 5(or 6), ca. 1.8 cm, emarginate; stamens 15–16, 2.5–3.5 cm, filaments pubescent at base; ovary conoid, ca. 7 mm, glabrous; style glabrous; stigma discoid, pink, ca. 3 mm in diam. Capsule oblong slightly curved, 18–36 mm. Fl. Apr–May, fr. Aug–Oct.

Chongqing, Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, NW Hubei, NW Hunan, S Shaanxi.

Forests; 1600–2300 m.

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

Rhododendron sutchuenense là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Thạch nam. Loài này được Franch. miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1895.

四川杜鹃（学名：Rhododendron sutchuenense），为杜鹃花科杜鹃属下的一个植物种。