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Silene rubicunda Franchet
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Xizang (Tibet): Riwoqe Xian. WSW of the city of Riwoqe on road (highway 317) from Riwoqe (Riwoche) to Dingqing (Tengchen); Logonda. Confluence of small stream and Gei Qu (river). Remnant Picea-Juniperus forests on steep slopes, some shaley, along main river and tributary. Area now covered with scrub of Berberis, Sibiraea, Spiraea and Potentilla glabra. 31°14'40"N, 96°31'9"E; 3830-3900 m.
Abundant on dry slope. Calyx green with reddish purple veins; petals pink.
David E. Boufford, Jia-Hui CHEN, Susan L. Kelley, J. LI, Richard H. Ree, Hang SUN & Yong-Hong ZHANG
32181 12 August 2004
 
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