N. Vietnam, Prov. Quang Binh, distr. Minh Hoa, 72 km to NWW from Dong Hoi, municipalite Thuong Hoa, Yen Son village, limestone massif Ke Bang (N 17°40′ E 105°57′). Broadleaved evergreen primary dry closed forest on steep slopes and bluffs of limestone mesas and ridges at 450 m alt. Terrestrial and epilitic prostrate creeping herb on steep rocky slopes. Common. Usual dominante of forb forest stratum in limestone ridges at 400-500 m alt. VH 4818 18.05.1997 International Botanical Expedition of the U.S.A. National Geographic Society (grant No 5803-96)