异名：Rhododendron aiolopeplum Balf. f. et Forrest (synonym)、Rhododendron dichropeplum Balf. f. et Forrest (synonym)、Rhododendron helvolum Balf. f. et Forrest (synonym)、Rhododendron intortum Balf. f. et Forrest (synonym)、Rhododendron levistratum Balf. f. et Forrest (synonym)、Rhododendron sigillatum Balf. f. et Forrest (synonym)、Rhododendron theiophyllum Balf. f. et Forrest (synonym)、Rhododendron vicinum Balf. f. et Forrest (synonym)

Rhododendron phaeochrysum Balf. f. et W. W. Smith var. levistratum (Balf. f. et Forrest) Chamb. ex Cullen et Chamb. in Not. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 36: 120. 1978; Chamb. in Not. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 39: 352. 1982; 云南植物志4: 415. 1986: 中国四川杜鹃花160-161. 1986.——R. Levistratum Balf. f. et Forrest in Not. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 11: 88. 1919; Tagg in Stevenson, Spec. Rhodod. 382. 1930. ——R. dichropeplum Balf. f. et Forrest in ibid. 13: 40. 1920; Tagg in ibid. 680. 1930. ——R. theiophyllum Balf. f. et Forrest in Eibid. 13: 61. 1920; Tagg in ibid. 385. 1930. ——R. aiolopeplum Balf. f. et Forrest in ibid. 13: 226. 1922; Tagg in ibid. 373. 1930. ——R. helvolum Balf. f. et Forrest in ibid. 13: 262. 1922; Tagg in ibid. 382. 1930.——R. intortum Balf. f. et Forrest in ibid. 13: 269. 1922; Tagg in ibid. 384. 1930.——R. sigilatum Balf. f. et Forrest in ibid. 13: 294. 1922; Tagg in ibid. 384. 1930.——R. vicinum Balf. f. et Forrest in ibid. 13: 305. 1922; Tagg in ibid. 382. 1930.

本变种与原变种的区别是叶较小，披针形或长圆状椭圆形，长5-9厘米，宽2-3.5厘米，下面密被黄棕色或肉桂色毡毛状毛被，不粘结，花亦较小，花冠长2-3厘米，有时子房疏被短柔毛。花期5-6月，果期9月。

产四川西南部、西部和西北部、、云南西北部。生于海拔3 000-4 450米的高山冷杉下或杜鹃灌丛中。模式标本采自云南德钦。