Sichuan: Hongyuan Xian.
NE of the city of Hongyuan on highway S209, then E on highway 301 toward Songpan Xian at Maiwa Xiang.
Wet meadows with Salix and Spiraea, marsh, and shrub covered slope adjacent to meadows with scattered Abies and Picea.
33°4'40"N,
102°51'18"E;
3560 m.
At edge of wet meadow and beside stream.Dominant tree, 2-5 m tall; young stems red; petioles red; leaves abaxially pale dull green, adaxially shining dark green; fruit green.
David E. Boufford, Kazumi FUJIKAWA, Susan L. Kelley, Richard H. Ree, Hang SUN, Bo XU, Jian-Wen ZHANG, Ti-Cao ZHANG & Wei-Dong ZHU