Sichuan: Maerkang (Barkam) Xian.
SE of the city of Maerkang on highway 317, then on highway 211 to Dangba, village of Yinliang Cun.
Thickets and open heavily grazed areas along stream and adjacent slopes with remnant forest with Acer, Betula, Fraxinus, Populus, Salix, Taxus and Pinus.
31°43'52"N,
102°4'19"E;
2365-2870 m.
Disturbed roadside.Involucral bracts green, apex purplish; ray florets orange; disc florets orangish yellow; anthers pale yellow; stigma pale yellow.
David E. Boufford, Kazumi FUJIKAWA, Susan L. Kelley, Richard H. Ree, Bo XU, Dacai ZHANG, Jian-Wen ZHANG, Ti-Cao ZHANG & Wei-Dong ZHU