Saxifraga josephii Engl.

One of the present authors (Ohba) regards this species as synonymous with the extremely similar Saxifraga brunonis.

Stem slender, 10-12.5 cm tall, sparsely glandular pubescent. Stolons arising from axils of basal leaves, sparsely glandular hairy or subglabrous. Rosette leaves shiny, oblong-ensiform to subensate, 1.2-1.4 cm × 1.8-2 mm, leathery, rigid, both surfaces glabrous, margin cartilaginous eglandular setose-ciliate, apex cartilaginous aristate. Cauline leaves remote, oblong-ensiform, 7-10 × 1-1.5 mm, both surfaces glabrous, margin cartilaginous glandular ciliate, apex cartilaginous aristate. Cyme laxly branched, 2-4.5 cm, 3-5-flowered; pedicels slender, 1-2 cm, sparsely brown glandular pubescent. Sepals spreading to reflexed, ovate, 1.8-2 × 1-1.5 mm, glabrous, veins 3-5, confluent at apex, apex subobtuse or acute. Petals yellow, ovate to narrowly so, 4-6 × ca. 2 mm, 2- or 3-callose, sometimes obscurely so, 3-veined, base gradually narrowed into a claw 0.6-1 mm, apex subobtuse or acute. Stamens 2-3 mm. Ovary superior, ca. 2 mm; styles 0.2-1 mm. Capsule narrowly ovoid. Fl. and fr. Jul-Sep.

Henan, C and S Shaanxi (Guangtou Shan, Hua Shan, Taibai Shan).

* Shaded damp rock crevices; 1300-2100 m.

Hirculus josephii (Engler) Losinskaja.