Xizang (Tibet): Riwoqe Xian.
Road from Changdu (Chamdo) to Nangqen, Qinghai, along Lancang Jiang (Ge Qu, or Ge River), then W along tributary of Lancang Jiang on road to Riwoqe via Machala coal mine.
Open areas and forested slope with Betula, Lonicera and scattered Picea.
31°28'45"N,
96°46'35"E;
3535 m.
Open, stony area between road and wood.Matted vine on ground; stems ca. 1.2 m long; tepals 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