Sichuan: Xinlong Xian.
Road (highway 217) from Xinlong to Ganzi (Garze) along small tributary of Yalong Jiang.
Dry slopes dominated by Salix, Hippophaƫ, with Betula, and along a stream to Picea forests and rocky cliffs above River.
31°10'10"N,
100°18'4"E;
3125 m.
In sand on cliffs above river and in rock crevices.Tepals blue; anthers pink, turning dark blue.
D. E. Boufford, B. Bartholomew, S. L. Kelley, R. H. Ree, H. Sun, J. P. Yue, L. L. Yue, D. C. Zhang & W. D. Zhu