Rhododendron thayerianum (反边杜鹃) is a rhododendron species native to western Sichuan in China, where it grows at elevations of NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet). It is an evergreen shrub that grows to NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet) in height, with leathery leaves that are narrowly oblanceolate, and 9–17 × 1.5–2.5 cm in size. The flowers are white, sometimes deeply flushed pink on the outside along the petal ridges, or pink. It flowers quite late in the season, in June and July.[1]