Yunnan: Xianggelila (Zhongdian) Xian.
Road from Zhongdian (Xianggelila = Chinese pinyin for Shangri-la) to Haba Cun (at base of Haba Xue Shan - Haba Snow Mountain) between km marker 57 and 58.
Mixed coniferous forest on gentle slope with intermixed deciduous trees of Acer, Betula and Salix.
27°40'56"N,
100°1'27"E;
3450-3460 m.
Moist margins of forest and in thin woods in deep sphagnum.Corolla pink, tube white.
David E. Boufford, Jiahui CHEN, Susan L. Kelley, Richard H. Ree, Hang SUN, Bo XU, Ji-Pei YUE, Liangliang YUE, Dacai. ZHANG & Weidong ZHU