Sichuan: Dêgê Xian.
Road (highway 317) from Dêgê to Manigange on W side of Chola Pass over Que'er Shan.
Slopes above upper Serqu He (Serqu River) with Salix and Rhododendron and rocky intervening areas. Granite bedrock.
31°57'11"N,
98°54'13"E;
4310 m.
Dominant shrub, to 3 m tall; leaves abaxially white, adaxially dark green; capsules green, tinged red.
David E. Boufford, Bruce Bartholomew, Susan L. Kelley, Richard H. Ree, Hang SUN, Ji-Pei YUE, Liang-Liang YUE, Da-Cai ZHANG & Wei-Dong ZHU