Sichuan: Dêgê Xian.
Road (highway 317) from Dêgê to Manigange on W side of Chola Pass over Que'er Shan.
Slopes above upper Serqu He (Serqu River) with Salix and Rhododendron and rocky intervening areas. Granite bedrock.
31°57'11"N,
98°54'13"E;
4310 m.
In moss between Rhododendron.Stems red; fruit purple. See also: Hong, S.-P. 1992. Taxonomy of the genus Aconogonon (Polygonaceae) in Himalaya and adjacent regions. Acta Univ. Uppsala, Symb. Bot. Uppsala. 30.
David E. Boufford, Bruce Bartholomew, Susan L. Kelley, Richard H. Ree, Hang SUN, Ji-Pei YUE, Liang-Liang YUE, Da-Cai ZHANG & Wei-Dong ZHU