Three flowered Rhododendron specimen

The evergreen shrub of the three flowered azalea is a sparse small tree, with a height of 1-4 meters; Leaves are usually leathery, with no hair on both sides. Inflorescences are terminal or both branches are axillary. Short racemes are subumbellate, with few to many flowers, usually 3-flowered; Calyx undeveloped, annular or with short lobes; Ovary 5-loculed, densely scaly, usually hairless, rarely pilose, capsule usually oblong. Seeds have no wings. The flowering period is from May to June, and the fruiting period is from July to August. Under mountain shrubs, oak forests, alpine pine forests, or spruce and fir forests, at an altitude of 2500-3700 meters. Distributed in China, Myanmar, India, Bhutan, Sikkim, and Nepal. This species is cultivated and has high horticultural value.