Xizang (Tibet): Jiangda (Gyamda) Xian.
Ca. 21 km W of the city of Jiangda on highway 314 (to Changdu), then N on road to Yushu, Qinghai Province.
Gravelly slopes along stream, flat Kobresia-Bistorta meadows, and slopes with dwarf Rhododendron (< 0.5 m tall) and Sibiraea.
31°34'29"N,
98°3'19"E;
4000-4100 m.
Meadow.Stems and leaves viscid; ray florets pale purple; disc florets greenish purple; anther tube orange.
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