Shrub, 6 to 15 ft.Flower (June) are white to rose-purple to violet, often spotted.Found in rocky gullies and coniferous forests at 10,000 to 12,000 ft.China.
1970/419(pholidotum)Forrest#6762:RBG(0).Form with rose-pink flowers.
heliolepis var. heliolepis
Erect evergreen shrubs with fragrant foliage. Both leaf surfaces are covered with large scales. The funnel-shaped flowers (early to mid-summer) are white to pink with variously colored spots and/or a blotch. A variable species prized for its late season of bloom and attractively scented foliage, especially when crushed or on warm sunny days. A widespread species which is common over a large area of SW China (Sichuan, Yunnan & Tibet) and adjacent areas of NE Upper Burma. Occurs in various habitats from 8,000 to 12,500 ft.
1970/419 (var. brevistylum)F#6762:RBGE (0\R1\5). This plant (formerly pholidotum) has a distinctive and attractive look. Very few.
1976/302(fumidum)COX (+5).Form with lavender-pink flowers.
1977/323(oporinum)DG(0).Rose-pink flowers.
1984/002CRA(0).
1996sd523(var. fumidum)SEH#196:RSBG(0\R1\5).Grown from my collection of seed at 12,100 ft. on the Wumeng Shan in NE Yunnan, China.Very attractive shiny foliage.
1997sd337JN#299:RSBG(0\R1\5).As for 1997sd342.Sun tolerant.These are grown from seed collected wild near Weixi in NW Yunnan, China at 12,140 ft.
1997sd342BH#106:RSBG(0\R1\5).Upright evergreen shrubs with highly aromatic foliage.highly aromatic foliage.The flowers are pink to purplish or sometimes white in early to mid-summer.Grown from seed collected wild at 11,800 ft. in NW Yunnan, China.
1997sd36197ARS#508(0\R1\5).These are grown from seed collected wild (BH#159) on the Cang Shan in NW Yunnan, China at 11,150 ft
