Sichuan: Maerkang (Barkam) Xian.
SE of the city of Maerkang on highway 317, then on highway 211 to Dangba, village of Yinliang Cun.
Thickets and open heavily grazed areas along stream and adjacent slopes with remnant forest with Acer, Betula, Fraxinus, Populus, Salix, Taxus and Pinus.
31°43'52"N,
102°4'19"E;
2365-2870 m.
Base of boulders and in moist soil in shade on rocky cliffs.Fronds clustered at apex of erect rhizome.
David E. Boufford, Kazumi FUJIKAWA, Susan L. Kelley, Richard H. Ree, Bo XU, Dacai ZHANG, Jian-Wen ZHANG, Ti-Cao ZHANG & Wei-Dong ZHU