| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Rhododendron nigropunctatum Bureau & Franch. |
| Bibliography | J. Bot. (Morot) 5. 95 (1891) |
| Native Range | sc. China to s. Qinghai |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland and scree |
| Altitude | 3200-5400m |
| Description | leaves shortly petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, densely yellow and black scaly, flowers solitary, terminal, subsessile, calyx campanulate, corolla shortly tubular |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | violet |
| Bloom | summer |
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| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and in fall; layering in spring |
| Synonyms | Rhododendron alpicola Rehder & E.H.Wilson Rhododendron alpicola var. strictum Rehder & E.H.Wilson Rhododendron batangense Balf.f. & Forrest Rhododendron nivale ssp. boreale M.N.Philipson & Philipson Rhododendron oreinum Balf.f. Rhododendron oresbium Balf.f. & Kingdon-Ward Rhododendron ramosissimum Franch. Rhododendron stictophyllum Balf.f. Rhododendron vicarium Balf.f. Rhododendron violaceum Rehder & E.H.Wilson Rhododendron yargongense Balf.f. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) |