异名：Rhododendron asteium Balf. f. et Forrest (synonym)、Rhododendron epipastum Balf. f. et Forrest (synonym)、Rhododendron eudoxum Balf. f. et Forrest subsp. asteium (I. B. Balfour et Forrest) Tagg (synonym)、Rhododendron eudoxum Balf. f. et Forrest subsp. epipastum (I. B. Balfour et Forrest) Tagg (synonym)、Rhododendron eudoxum Balf. f. et Forrest subsp. mesopolium (I. B. Balfour et Forrest) Tagg (synonym)、Rhododendron fulvastrum subsp. epipastum (I. B. Balfour et Forrest) Cowan (synonym)、Rhododendron fulvastrum subsp. mesopolium (I. B. Balfour et Forrest) Cowan (synonym)、Rhododendron mesopolium Balf. f. et Forrest (synonym)

Rhododendron eudoxum Balf. f. et Forrest var. mesopolium (Balf. f. et Forrest) Chamb. ex Cullen et Chamb. in Not. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 37: 333. 1979; Chamb. in Not. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 39:403. 1982; 西藏植物志3: 590. 1986; 云南植物志4: 440. 1986.——R. mesopolium Balf. f. et Forrest in Not. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 13: 57. 1920.——R. asteium Balf. f. et Forrest in ibid. 13: 235. 1922.——R. epipastum Balf. f. et Forrest in ibid. 13: 258. 1922.——R. eudoxum Balf. f. Forrest subsp. asteium (Balf. f. et Forrest) Tagg in Stevenson, Spec. Rhodod. 549. 1930. ——R. eudoxum Balf. f. et Forrest subsp. epipastum (Balf. f. et Forrest) Tagg in ibid. 549. 1930. ——R. eudoxum Balf. f. et Forrest subsp. mesopolium (Balf. f. et Forrest) Tagg in ibid. 549. 1930.——R. fuluastrum Balf. f. et Forrest subsp. mesopolium (Balf. f. et Forrest) Cowan in Not. Bot. Gard. Edinb; 20: 79. 1940. ——R. fulvastrum Balf. f. et Forrest subsp. epipastrum (Balf. et Forrest) Cowan in ibid. 20: 80. 1940.

本变种与原种的区别在于叶长3.5-7厘米，下面被有带白色不连续的毛被；花冠30-35毫米，粉红色；子房上的毛被以绒毛占优势。

产云南德钦和贡山以及西藏察隅。生于海拔3 800-4 300米的高山石坡、竹丛或杜鹃灌丛中。模式标本采自西藏察隅。