The native range of this species is China (W. Sichuan, N. Yunnan). It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.
Description from the Alpine Garden Society (http://encyclopaedia.alpinegardensociety.net/)
This is a clump-forming species, probably fully perennial but said by some authorities to be monocarpic; this is not true of recent introductions. Rosettes in winter are small and globular, the leaves having spine-like tips. Summer leaves are oblanceolate, distinctly stalked, 5-7cm long overall and covered with silky hairs. Flowers 7-12mm across, from magenta-red to purple, with a yellow eye. They are carried in dense umbels on stems 12-30cm in height. Western China and eastern Tibet on mountains above 2500m in alpine meadows. Rarely cultivated, plants under this name being confused with A. strigillosa.
The native range of this species is China (W. Sichuan, N. Yunnan). It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.
