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alutaceum var. alutaceum

Shrubs, 2 to 15 ft. Flowers (March-April) are white to pink to lilac-mauve, sometimes spotted.  Narrow leaves with attractive indumentum.  Found in open pastures and thickets from 9,000 to 14,000 ft.  China.

1976/202  RBG  (-5). RBG Edinburgh  (-5).  A large Taliense resembling an intermediate between R. roxieanum and R. arboreum with respectable trusses of rose-pink flowers. HYBRID

1977/656  (syn. globigerum)  F#25738  WGP  (0).  White flowers with maroon spots.

1978/074  RBG Edinburgh:UBC BG  (-5). HYBRID

alutaceum var. iodes

Compact and slow-growing evergreen shrubs with attractively indumented foliage.  The leaves are shiny green on the upper surface and densely felted beneath with a rust to cinnamon-brown indumentum.  The flowers (mid-spring) are white or white flushed rose, usually with crimson spots.  Requires very well-drained soil and protection from full exposure to the sun.  Native only to SE Tibet where it occurs in various habitats from 10,000 to 14,000 ft.

1975/199  (iodes)  R#19:CS  (-5).  White flowers with red spotting.

1975/200  (iodes)  Rock:CS  (-5).

1975/321  BENM:UBCBG  (-5\R3\3).  White flowers.

1979/111  'White Plains'  BH  (-5).  An award form with white flowers spotted red-purple.  AM 1978. 

alutaceum var. russotinctum

Shrubs, 5 to 12 ft.  Flowers (April-May) white to white flushed rose, often with crimson flecks, and sometimes with a crimson blotch.  Differs from var. alutaceum and var. iodes in type and color of indumentum but also intergrades with both in the wild. Native to NW Yunnan Province.  Grows in coniferous forests, thickets and on slopes among rocks from 10,000 to 14,000 ft.  China