Yunnan: Xianggelila (Zhongdian) Xian.
Sichuan-Yunnan border area. South side of Zhongdian Daxue Shan.
Grazed meadows, Rhododendron thickets, limestone and shale scree slopes and outcropping ledges.
28°34'24"N,
99°48'42"E;
4280-4600 m.
Gravel-shale slope and grassy areas on S side of pass at highway 217. 4320 m.Involucral bracts apically green, basally purple; florets dark purple; anther tube dark bluish purple; stigmas dark purple.
David E. Boufford, Bruce Bartholomew, Susan L. Kelley, Richard H. Ree, Hang SUN, Liang-Liang YUE, Da-Cai ZHANG & Yong-Hong ZHANG