Sichuan: Dêgê Xian.
Side ravine S of road (highway 317) from Dêgê to Manigange between base of Que'er Shan and Dumuling Cun.
Grazed meadow along stream, fallow fields, shrub thickets of Berberis, Salix, Potentilla and Spiraea and remnant Picea forests along tributary of Serqu He (Serqu River).
31°54'48"N,
98°48'54"E;
3740 m.
On slope.Leaves abaxially light green; involucral bracts green; florets purple; anthers dark purple; stigmas light purple.
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