| Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
| Genus species | Saxifraga brachypoda D.Don sect. Ciliatae |
| Bibliography | Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13: 378 (1822) |
| Native Range | sc. China to Himalaya and n. Myanmar |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 3000-5000m |
| Description | stem leaves dense, shiny, lanceolate to linear, 5-12mm, coriaceous, rigid, glabrous, acute, pungent, flowers 1-3, sepals erect, ovate, petals ovate to elliptic, 5-9mm long |
| Size | 5-20cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | late 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. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division after flowering; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Hirculus brachypodus (D.Don) Losinsk. Saxifraga glandulosa Wall. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |