Xizang (Tibet): Gongjue (Gongjo) Xian.
Luosong Dengzhu; ca. 8.6 km in a straight line NW of city of Gongjue.
Rocky meadow with Kobresia, Spenceria, Bistorta, Artemisia (with Cotoneaster appressed to rocks); scrub thickets of Caragana, Potentilla, Berberis, Lonicera and Ribes; and stony slopes and limestone cliffs and boulders.
30°54'25"N,
98°11'37"E;
3750-3900 m.
Rocky soil on slopes and in meadow.Plants with inflorescence to ca. 1.5 m; buds red; petals white; fruit green in center, wings red.
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