• Family : Ericaceae
  (HEATHER FAMILY)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Ericaceae
• Synonym(s) : Azalea lepidota (Wall. ex G.Don) Kuntze; Rhododendron obovatum Hook.f.
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Rhododendron lepidotum Wall. ex G.Don
• Common name : Pink Scaly Rhododendron
• Vernacular name : Atarasu, Sumral, Simris, Talshi (Hindi); भाले सुनपाति Bhaale Sunpati (Nepali)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Forest, shrubberies and alpine slopes
• Comments / notes : Flower yellow or dull purple
• Native : Himalaya to China (Sichuan, Yunnan)
• World Distribution : China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya
• Literature : Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 230; Nair, N. G (1977).Flora of Bashahr Himalayas. International Bioscience Publishers: 172; Chowdhery, H. J. & Wadhwa, B. H (1984). Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol. 2. Published BSI: 436
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Rhododendron lepidotum. Downloaded on 29 November 2020.

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