Saxifraga montanella H. Sm.

Herbs perennial, cespitose, 3-8.3 cm tall. Stem brown crisped villous. Basal leaves with petiole ca. 7 mm, margin brown crisped villous; leaf blade ovate to lanceolate, 5-11.5 × 1.5-6 mm, glabrous, apex acute. Cauline leaves sessile, elliptic to oblong, 8.5-11 × 1.7-5 mm, margin crisped villous, apex subobtuse. Flower solitary; pedicel 5-11 mm, brown crisped villous. Sepals spreading, ovate to elliptic, 2.8-7 × 2.4-3.8 mm, abaxially glabrous or brown pubescent, veins 3-9, not confluent at apex, margin brown crisped villous. Petals yellow, obovate to narrowly ovate, 0.8-1.3 cm × 3.8-8.2 mm, ± brown crisped villous abaxially and at margin near base, 2-callose, 8-13-veined, base with a claw 0.2-0.6 mm or clawless, apex obtuse or retuse. Stamens 2-6 mm. Ovary subsuperior, ovoid, 3-5 mm; styles 0.7-2.3 mm. Fl. and fr. Jul-Oct. 2n = 16.

E. Himalaya (Nepal, Bhutan), S. Tibet.

E and S Qinghai, Sichuan, E and S Xizang, NW Yunnan [Bhutan, Nepal].

4100-4600 m

Scrub, alpine meadows, stony grasslands, rocks, cliffs, near snow lines; 3300-5200 m.

Saxifraga montanella là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Saxifragaceae. Loài này được Harry Sm. miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1960.

类毛瓣虎耳草（学名：Saxifraga montanella）为虎耳草科虎耳草属下的一个种。