Xizang (Tibet): Changdu (Chamdo) Xian.
Old road from Changdu (Chamdo) to Toba and Jiangda (Gyamda) on Damala Shan.
Meadow and dwarf (< 50 cm tall) Rhododendron nivale subsp. boreale thickets with Potentilla fruticosa and P. glabra.
31°11'46"N,
97°19'13"E;
4540-4650 m.
Moist areas between shrubs.Petals reflexed, pink; anther tube darker pink; style darker pink.
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