| Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
| Genus species | Saxifraga contrarea Harry Sm. sect. Ciliatae |
| Bibliography | Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 2: 252 (1960) |
| Native Range | s. Tibet to ec. & c. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 4200-4800m |
| Description | leaves elliptic, ca. 2mm long, glabrous, obtuse, flowers solitary, subsessile, sepals patent, ovate, glabrous, petals narrowly ovate to elliptic, 2-4mm long, truncate |
| Size | 1-5cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |