Laos, Khammoune prov., Boualapha distr., Nong Seng village, Chanh Daeng mountain, around point 17°31′11.1″N, 105°46′41.4″E.
Secondary dry evergreen and semideciduous broad-leaved forest on sandy alluvial flat valley along river between karstic limestone hills at about 180 m a.s.l.
Terrestrial tuberiferous herb in open grassy place. Flowers light violet. Not rare.
11 May 2018, L. Averyanov, Khang Sinh Nguyen, T. Maisak, Littideth Xaiyavongsa, Siphanom Keovankham, AL 1046.