异名：Rhododendron blandulum I. B. Balfour et W. W. Sm. (synonym)、Rhododendron hedythamnum Balf. f. et Forrest (synonym)、Rhododendron jucundum I. B. Balfour et W. W. Sm. (synonym)、Rhododendron selense Franch. var. jucundum (I. B. Balfour et W. W. Sm.) T. L. Ming (synonym)

Rhododendron selense Franch. subsp. jucundum (Balf. f. et W. W. Smith) Chamb. ex Cullen et Chamb. in Not. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 36: 118. 1978; Chamb. in Not. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 39: 280. 1982.——R. selense Franch. var. juncundum (Balf. f. et W. W. Smith) T. L. Ming in Act. Bot. Yunn. 6: 157. 1984;云南植物志4: 401. 1986.——R. jucundum Balf. f. et W. W. Smith in Not. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 9: 242. 1916.——R. blandulum Balf. f. et W. W. Smith in ibid. 10: 87. 1917.

与原亚种的区别在于本亚种叶片宽椭圆形，长5-7厘米，宽3-4厘米，下面有明显的白粉；花梗上有腺毛；萼片较大等。花期5月，果期10月。

产云南西部。生于海拔3 200-3 600米冷杉林下及杜鹃灌丛中。模式标本采自大理（苍山）。