Yunnan: Fugong Xian: Lishadi Xiang.
Yaduo Cun, side valley running to the N ca. 10 km above Shibali on the road to the Myanmar border, E side of Gaoligong Shan.
Thicket. Bottom of glacial valley with bamboo-Rhododendron thicket and areas of mostly tall perennial herbs mixed with scattered shrub or small trees of Salix and Betula.
27°12'29"N,
98°43'18"E;
3310 m.
Growing among shrubs on valley floor. SW-facing. Loam. Base rock: granite. Slope 0-10°.Perennial herb to 2 m tall. Corolla purplish blue flushed with green Stamens purplish blue. Rare.