Rhododendron Bureavii

R. bureavii occurs in the wild in two fairly limited areas in northern Yunnan, China,
in open pine forest and rhododendron thickets, at elevations from 10,000-12,800 feet.
It was introduced into cultivation in 1917-1925, and again in 1994.
Its name honors a French professor, Louis Edouard Bureau 1830-1918.
French botanist and professor of taxanomic botany in Paris.