Leafy rosettes form a dense carpet. Rosette leaves elongate-lanceolate, 2.0-3.5 cm x 0.5 cm. Flowering leafy stems lateral, 3.0-8.0 (13) cm. Inflorescence an umbel-like panicle, with small white or pink flowers. V - evergreen plants. Fl - June or July. Fr - July or August. P - easly by division and by seed. Can grow in full sun and also in shady sites. Well suited to the rock garden. Z 5 (4). New.

Central Asia (Tien Shan, Pamiro Alay, Dzungarskiy Alatau) and western China. On the gravelly soil, in rocky places, on cliffs at 1,500-3,000 m.