Xizang (Tibet): Mangkang (Markam) Xian.
Between Mangkang and the Jinsha Jiang on highway 318, along the Xi Qu (Xi River).
Cut over remnant Picea forest on slope with scattered shrubs of Betula, Caragana, Cotoneaster and Rosa.
29°44'28"N,
98°40'51"E;
3600-3650 m.
Thickets.Shrub ca. 0.5 m tall; petals yellow; stamens yellow; style and stigma yellow.
David E. Boufford, Bruce Bartholomew, Deren A. Eaton, Xin-Hui LI, Richard H. Ree, Bo XU, Ji-Pei YUE, Jian-Wen ZHANG & Xin-Xin ZHU