Rhododendron balangense W. P. Fang

Hu (Acta Phytotax. Sin. 30: 545. 1992) described fruiting material. Based on field observations, this species may have arisen as a hybrid of Rhododendron watsonii, which belongs to R. subsect. Grandia, in which R. balangense may fit better. However, the 5-lobed corolla is more in line with a placement in R. subsect. Taliensia.

Shrubs, 1–3 m tall; young shoots and petioles glabrous; bud scales persistent. Petiole 15–30 mm, densely glandular and floccose-tomentose; leaf blade thickly leathery, obovate to elliptic-ovate, 6–10 × 3.5–5 cm; base obtuse or subrounded; margin slightly revolute; apex acute, apiculate; abaxial surface with indumentum 2-layered, upper layer yellowish to fawn, loose, ± deciduous, hairs branched, lower layer whitish, appressed, persistent; adaxial surface glabrous. Inflorescence racemose-umbellate, 13–15-flowered; rachis 10–15 mm, densely gray-white to yellowish floccose. Pedicel 3–4 cm, indumentum as for rachis; calyx lobes 5, 1–2 mm, acute, outer surface densely floccose; corolla campanulate, white, 3.5–4 × ca. 3 cm; lobes 5, orbicular, emarginate; stamens 10, unequal, filaments densely puberulent in lower half; ovary and style glabrous; stigma capitate. Peduncle ca. 4 cm. Capsule oblong-cylindric, slightly curved, 22–28 × 4–6 mm, calyx persistent. Fl. Jun, fr. Sep.

W Sichuan.

Thickets on mountain slopes; 2400–3400 m.

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

Rhododendron balangense là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Thạch nam. Loài này được W.P. Fang miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1983.

巴朗杜鹃（学名：Rhododendron balangense）为杜鹃花科杜鹃属下的一个种。