Son La Prov., Moc Chau Distr., Chieng Son comm., Pha Luong village, Pha Luong Mountains.
Primary evergreen broad-leaved and mixed forest with Pinus cernua on mountain tops and steep summit slopes composed with highly eroded red-brown sandstone at elevation 1400-1500 m a.s.l. around point 20°41′33.2N 104°37′37.0E.
Terrestrial and lithophytic shrub 1-1.5 m tall in open mossy rocky place near mountain top. Young fruits light green. Common.