25 September 1982.
Hokkaidô, Japan
Locality: Hokkaido Prefecture, Kushiro Subprefecture, Kawakami-gun (district): Teshikaga-cho (town): Southwest slope of Mt. Iwo.
Coordinates: 43.6000, 144.4333
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Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Growing in mixed woodland.
Number of plants sampled: 3
Comment: Deciduous shrub 1.5 to 1.8 m tall, multi-stemmed from base, much branched above. Sterile flowers with bracts rose-pink on reverse side when old. Seed collected from several plants. Min. temp. -25 deg. C. Snow 60 cm per annum. Herbarium specimen # 19134 (Meyer).