| Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
| Genus species | Bergenia purpurascens (Hook.f. & Thomson) Engl. |
| Bibliography | Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 26: 841 (1868) |
| Native Range | sc. China to Himalaya and n. Myanmar |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 2700-4800m |
| Description | leaves basal, obovate to elliptic, 5-15cm, coriaceous, glabrous, glandular punctate, entire, flowers in cyme, sepals narrowly ovate, long glandular hirsute, petals ovate |
| Size | 15-40cm |
| Color | purple |
| Bloom | spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. over 1 year, 13-16°C division in spring and fall |
| Synonyms | Bergenia delavayi (Franch.) Engl. Bergenia purpurascens var. delavayi (Franch.) Engl. & Irmsch. Bergenia purpurascens f. delavayi (Franch.) Hand.-Mazz. Bergenia purpurascens var. macrantha (Franch.) Diels Bergenia purpurascens var. sessilis Cass. Saxifraga delavayi Franch. Saxifraga purpurascens Hook.f. & Thomson Saxifraga purpurascens var. macrantha Franch. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (ASS Assam, EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |