Saxifraga zhidoensis J. T. Pan

Herbs perennial, 1-2 cm tall. Shoots numerous, crowded, forming cushions. Flowering stem ca. 7 mm, glandular hairy. Shoot leaves imbricate, aggregated into a dense rosette, subspatulate, 3.5-3.6 × 1.1-1.2 mm, subcarnose, both surfaces glabrous, margin proximally ciliate or glandular ciliate, apex obtuse, scarious fimbriate. Cauline leaves remote. Flower solitary; pedicel ca. 0.7 mm, glandular hairy. Sepals erect, elliptic-ovate, ca. 2.5 × 1.5 mm, both surfaces glabrous, veins 5, confluent at apex, margin proximally ciliate or glandular ciliate, apex fimbriate. Petals yellow, ovate, ca. 2.4 × 1.3 mm, 3-veined, base clawed, margin ± serrulate, apex subobtuse or acute. Stamens 2-2.5 mm. Ovary subinferior, with an annular nectary disc; styles ca. 1 mm. Fl. Jun-Aug.

S Qinghai (Nangqên Xian, Zhidoi Xian).

* Alpine meadows, rock crevices; 4900-5000 m.