Flowers open, white, yellow, pink, or purple. Leaves are elliptic, upper surface dark green, lower surface with large brownish scales. Kashmir to S.E. Tibet. Flowers white to pale rose to lilac. 9-18cm, upper surface glabrous, lower surface with a continuous indumentum.
Flowers pink to purple.
Leaves 7-10cm, upper surface with a bluish metallic shine, lower surface with a thick and smooth rusty brown indumentum. Upright small tree, 2-9m. Flowers in differing shades of scarlet. Leaves retained for 1-2 years, upper surface deep green, lower surface without hairs or glands. Leaf stem usually with bristles.