• Family : Saxifragaceae
  (Saxifrage Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : SAXIFRAGE FAMILY
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Saxifragaceae
• Synonym(s) : Micranthes pseudopallida Losinsk.; Saxifraga melanocentra Franch.; Saxifraga melanocentra var. rubiflora J.T.Pan; Saxifraga sulphurascens Hand.-Mazz.
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Micranthes melanocentra (Franch.) Losinsk.
• Common name : Yellow Spotted White Saxifrage
• Habit : Perennial herb
• Habitat : Alpine streams, open rocky banks, among boulders near streams; 3400 - 4800 m. altitude
• Comments / notes : Leaves almost all basal in lax rosette
• Key identification features : Flowering stems are often branched above
• Flower, Fruit : June-August
• Distribution :
  • Uttarakhand : Valley of Flowers
  • Sikkim : Sikkim
• Native : Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Qinghai, Tibet, West Himalaya
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : North-East Pakistan to West and Central China
• Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 127; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 1: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 502; Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 134; Chowdhery, H. J. & Wadhwa, B. H (1984). Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol.1 . Published BSI: 268
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Saxifraga pseudopallida. Downloaded on 1 July 2022.

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