Megera Rhododendron is a dwarf shrub growing on
rock or on trees. Young growth is setose. Leaves are evergreen, lower
surface whitish-hairy, scales rimmed or vesicular, deeply sunk in pits.
Flowers are borne at branch ends, in 1-many flowered clusters. Calyx is
well-developed. Flowers are broadly bell-shaped, stamens 10, regularly
arranged, not declinate, ovary tapering into the sharply deflexed
style. Seeds are prominently winged and finned. Megera Rhododendron is
native to Arunachal Pradesh, Yunnan, S Tibet and NE Myanmar, at
altitudes of 2500-4200 m.
Identification credit: Jaya Upadhyay
Photographed at Sela Pass, Arunachal Pradesh.
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