Rhodiola coccinea (Royle) Boriss. (= Sedum coccineum Royle; ?= Rhodiola quadrifida (Pall.) Fisch. et Mey.) - grows in very highlands on rocks and large-stoned screes in Central Asia and Altai Mts., attaining the highest altitudes among the plants. In Siberia it is found always together with a similar species Rh. quadrifida, most probably they are forms of the same species.

Rocks in the valley of the left headwater of the Chikty Rivulet, 2500 m above sea level, the southern principal slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 10th July 1998. O. Kosterin