Sichuan: Dêgê Xian.
Road (highway 317) from Dêgê to Manigange on W side of pass over Que'er Shan. E side of Yülong La Tso (Yülong La Lake).
Lake shore and scattered Picea, Salix, Lonicera, Sorbus slope.
31°51'19"N,
99°6'47"E;
4025 m.
Meadow by lake.Base of leaves purple; involucral bracts greenish or purple; florets purple; anther tube dark bluish purple; stigmas purple.
David E. Boufford, Bruce Bartholomew, Susan L Kelley, Richard H. Ree, Hang SUN, Liang-Liang YUE, Da-Cai ZHANG, Yong-Hong ZHANG & Wei-Dong ZHU