Syn.: Saxifraga cymosa Waldst. et Kit., nom. inval., Saxifraga heterophylla Sternb.
Family: Saxifragaceae Juss.
Distribution: It occurs in the southern and eastern Carpathians (incl. Ukraine) and in mountains of the Balkans – in its eastern part with siliceous bedrock.
Ecology: Somewhat damp, shaded rock crevices and ledges on granite and micaceous schists in elevations between 2000–2500 m. Flowering from end of June to mid-August.
Description: A perennial with numerous rosette-like flowering and non flowering shoots forming fairly dense but soft cushions. Basal leaves cuneate-flabellate, 8–20 mm long and up to 10 mm wide at the apex, shortly glandular-pubescent and ciliate especially below, palmately divided into 5–11 ovate-oblong, obtuse to subacute lobes, fresh green. Flowering stems ascending to erect, 4–10 cm long, shortly glandular-pubescent. Flowers 3–10 in fairly compact corymbose cyme. Sepals 5–6 mm, linear-oblong. Petals 10–15 mm, narrowly obovate, obtuse, white. Stamens not more than half as long as petals. Capsule subglobose.
These images were taken in Albania, Prokletije, Maja e Zeze (July 6, 2011).
