Saxifraga llonakhensis W. W. Sm.

Herbs perennial, cespitose, 4.2-9 cm tall. Shoots branched, with leaf rosettes. Flowering stem dark brown glandular hairy. Rosette leaves oblanceolate-linear, 5.2-8 × ca. 1 mm, subcar-nose, both surfaces glabrous or glandular or eglandular villous, margin and apex setose-villous, apex mucronate. Cauline leaves with leaf blade oblong to linear, 2.8-5 × 0.6-1.6 mm, carnose, both surfaces glabrous or dark brown glandular hairy, margin dark brown glandular ciliate, apex obtuse. Flower solitary, rarely cyme 2- or 3-flowered; pedicel slender, 0.8-1.5 cm, dark brown glandular villous. Sepals erect, broadly ovate to triangular-ovate, 2-2.5 × 1.2-2.3 mm, leathery, abaxially and marginally dark brown glandular hairy, veins 3-5, not confluent at apex. Petals yellow, obscurely orange-yellow spotted, pandurate-oblong, 6.2-9.2 × 2-3.1 mm, 4-6-callose, 3-veined, base usually rounded to cuneate, with a claw 0.2-1 mm, apex obtuse. Stamens ca. 4.5 mm. Ovary subsuperior, ovoid, ca. 2.1 mm; styles ca. 1.9 mm. Fl. and fr. Jul-Sep.

Herbs perennial, 3-7 cm tall. Shoots branched, with leaf rosettes. Flowering stem glabrous or sparsely glandular hairy. Rosette leaves oblong to spatulate, 3-5 × 0.5-1 mm, carnose, both surfaces glabrous, margin setose-ciliate, apex mucronate. Cauline leaves few, remote, linear to narrowly obovate, 2-4 × 0.5-0.75 mm, carnose, both surfaces and margin glabrous, apex acute. Flower solitary; pedicel 1-2.5 cm, glabrous or sparsely glandular hairy. Sepals reflexed, 1.5-2.7 × 1-1.5 mm, subcarnose, both surfaces and margin glabrous, veins 3, confluent at apex. Petals yellow or orange, narrowly elliptic, 6-7 × 1.5-2.5 mm, 3-veined, base tapered into a short claw ca. 0.25 mm, apex obtuse. Stamens 3-4 mm. Ovary subsuperior, broadly ovoid, ca. 2.5 × 2 mm; styles ca. 0.5 mm. Fl. Jul-Oct.

Himalaya (Nepal, Sikkim), S. Tibet.

E Xizang (Qamdo Xian, Riwoqê Xian, Zayü Xian), NW Yunnan (Gongshan Drung-Nu Zu Zizhixian) [N Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim].

Xizang, Yunnan [Myanmar].

4200-5200 m

Picea forests, rock crevices; 3700-4600 m.

Mossy rocks and screes; 3000-4300 m.

Saxifraga stella-aurea J. D. Hooker & Thomson var. ciliata C. Marquand & Airy Shaw.