Solu Khumbu, Dudh Kosi Catchment, upper Karikhola Valley, below Latso La (west side)
Verbatim locality:
Solu Khumbu, Dudh Kosi Catchment, upper Karikhola Valley, below Latso La (west side)
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 79/00
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
11 4 00
Start date:
2000-04-11
Country:
Nepal
Altitudes:
from 2800m to 2900m
Habitat:
Very open rhododendron forest with some deciduous trees. Clearing.
Notes:
Shrub c. 1.5m high, deciduous, open habit. Bark very tough. Flowers fragrant, rosy-purple; 11-12mm long; lobes 5-6mm long; open widely and ± undulate and somewhat twisted. A single plant of this colour amongst a large number of pale pinkish-mauve-flowered plants.