Saxifraga bergenioides - Bergenia Saxifrage

Bergenia Saxifrage is a perennial herb, densely clustered, 13-20 cm tall. Flowers are borne singly or in cymes 2.8-3.5 cm and 2-4-flowered, nodding. Petals are purple, inverted-lanceshaped to narrowly so, 1.4-1.5 cm x 2.6-4 mm, not callose, 5-veined, base crisped hairy, tip flat. Sepals are erect, purple, nearly ovate, about 7 x 3.6-4 mm, below and marginally brown crisped brown hairy, veins 5, not confluent at tip, tip blunt. Stamens about 6 mm; styles divergent, about 1.5 mm. Flower-stalks are brown crisped hairy. Stems are simple, densely brown crisped hairy. Basal leaves have leaf-stalk about 4.3 cm, brown crisped hairy. Leaves are nearly elliptic, about 2.3 cm x 9 mm, both surfaces and margin brown crisped hairy. Stem leaves are stalkless, oblong, 1.5-2.3 cm x 4-6 mm, both surfaces and margin brown crisped hairy, tip blunt. Scrub, alpine meadows, boulder screes, rock crevices; 4200-5000 m. SE Xizang [Bhutan]. Flowering: July-September.