Xizang (Tibet): Linzhi (Nyingchi) Xian.
Between the cities of Linzhi (Nyingchi) and Bomi (Pome) on highway 318; Seji (Serkyim) La (pass).
Alpine meadows and dwarf shrub community on stony soil and boulder fields
29°36'40"N,
94°39'6"E;
4500-4600 m.
Around large boulders on slope.Swollen base of petiole purple in center, white laterally with purple veins; involucral bracts purple with dark purple veins; flowers purple with white petals. [Pleurospermum amabile Craib & W. W. Smith in Flora of China].
D. E. Boufford, S. L. Kelley, R. H. Ree & S. K. Wu