Leptasea hirculus (Linnaeus) Small; Saxifraga aizoides Linnaeus var. autumnalis (Linnaeus) Engler & Irmscher; S. autumnalis Linnaeus; Saxifraga hirculus f. intermedia Engler & Irmscher; S. hirculus f. major Engler & Irmscher; S. hirculus var. major (Engler & Irmscher) J. T. Pan; S. montana Harry Smith f. oblongipetala T. C. Ku; S. nutans Adams (1834), not D. Don (1821), nor J. D. Hooker & Thomson (1857).

Stem more than 10 cm tall. Flower solitary or cyme 2-4-flowered. Sepals abaxially and marginally brown crisped villous. Fl. and fr. Jun-Sep.

Forests, alpine meadows, rock crevices; 2100-4600 m. Shanxi, W Sichuan (Daocheng Xian), Xinjiang, Xizang, NW Yunnan (Dêqên Xian) [Kashmir, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia, Tajikistan; C and N Europe].