Common name: Yellow Spotted White Saxifrage Botanical name:
Saxifraga melanocentra Family: Saxifragaceae (Saxifrage family)
Synonyms: Saxifraga pseudopallida, Saxifraga gageana, Micranthes
pseudopallida Yellow Spotted White Saxifrage is a perennial herb
with pretty white flowers with reddish centers. Flowers are up
to 1.5 cm across, with petals about 8 mm long, elliptic to
ovate. distinctly stalked. Each petal has two yellow to orange
spots towards the base. Carpel is deep red to chocolate. Leaves
are all at the base, 1-2 cm long, elliptic, narrowed to a long
stalk, coarsely toothed. Flowering stems are often branched
above. Yellow Spotted White Saxifrage is commonly found on
screes and stony slopes in the Himalayas, from Kashmir to SW
China, at altitudes of 3600-4800 m. Identification credit:
Nongthombam Ullysess |Photographed enroute to Hemkund,
Uttarakhand.|