Chrysosplenium adoxoides J. D. Hooker & Thomson ex Maximowicz; C. dunnianum H. Léveillé & Vaniot; C. henryi Franchet; C. lanuginosum var. dunnianum (H. Léveillé & Vaniot) H. Hara; C. lanuginosum var. yunnanense H. Hara.

Plants 8-22 cm tall. Basal leaves with petiole 0.8-5 cm; leaf blade usually elliptic, rarely broadly ovate, 1.3-4.5 × 1.2-2.9 cm, both surfaces and margin sparsely villous, base broadly cuneate, rarely subcordate, margin obscurely 9-17-undulate-crenate. Sepals not ciliate at margin, apex obtuse. Fl. and fr. Apr-Jun.

Rock clefts in ravines; 1100-1600 m. Guizhou, Hubei, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, N India, N Myanmar, Nepal].