| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Rhododendron diversipilosum (Nakai) Harmaja |
| Bibliography | Ann. Bot. Fenn. 35: 263 (1999) |
| Native Range | Sakhalin to n. Japan |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Description | branches rusty hirsute, leaves scabrous, narrow, acute, dully green, margins revolute, abaxially white lanate, flowers open, pentamerous, in small terminal heads |
| Size | 15-20cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | - |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring |
| Synonyms | Ledum nipponicum (Nakai) Tolm. Ledum palustre f. diversipilosum (Nakai) Makino Ledum palustre var. diversipilosum Nakai Ledum palustre ssp. diversipilosum (Nakai) H.Hara Ledum palustre var. nipponicum Nakai Ledum palustre var. yesoense Nakai Ledum palustre f. yesoense (Nakai) Makino & Tanaka |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (KUR Kuril Is., SAK Sakhalin) 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan) |