FLORA OF LAOS Acantaceae Strobilanthes arborescens sp.nov.
Luang Prabang prov., Pon Xay distr., Houay Man village, Phou Pak Sang Mountain, around point 19°59′03.8′'N 102°25′09.0′'E.
Degraded primary evergreen and semideciduous forest on very steep rocky mountain slopes composed by solid marble like highly eroded limestone at elev. 1000-1150 m a.s.l. Deciduous treelet or shrub 2-4 m tall on open karstic rocks on mountain top. Flowers blue. Very common. Main co-dominant of deciduous scrub on open tops of karstic limestone mountains.