Russian Far East. Primorye Territory. Shkotovsky district. Area near the top of Pidan (Livadiyskaya) Mt. Fir(Abies sachalinensis)-Spruce(Picea ajanensis)-Birch(Betula ermanii) subalpine lighted forest intermingled with gravely barrens fields . On boulders along stream (splashed with water, seems, only at spring during snow-melting season).