- Scientific Name: Bergenia purpurascens (Hook.f. & Thomson) Engl.
- Ref: Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 26:841. 1868
- Synonyms: Bergenia delavayi (Franch.) Engl.; Saxifraga delavayi Franch.; S. purpurascens Hook.f. & Thomson
- English Common Name: purple elephant-eared saxifrage
- Chinese Common Name: 岩白菜 yán∙báicài, 滇岩白菜 Diān yán∙báicài
- Family: Saxifragaceae
- Genus: Bergenia
- Distribution: Forests, scrub, alpine meadows, alpine rock crevices; 2700-4800 m. SW Sichuan, E and S Xizang, N Yunnan [N Bhutan, NE India, N Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim].
- Photo: Baima Snow Mt., Yunnan
Herbs perennial, 13-50 cm tall. Rhizomes thick, scaly. Leaves all basal; petiole 2-7 cm, sheathing base glabrous at margin; leaf blade obovate or narrowly so to subelliptic, rarely broadly obovate to suboblong, 5.5-16 × 3-9 cm, leathery, both surfaces glabrous and glandular pitted, base cuneate, margin sinuate-dentate to entire, apex obtuse. Inflorescence cymose, 3-23 cm; branches and pedicels densely long glandular hairy. Hypanthium densely long glandular hairy. Sepals narrowly ovate, 6.5-7 × 2-4 mm, leathery, abaxially densely long glandular hairy, margin glabrous, apex obtuse. Petals purple, broadly ovate, 1-1.7 cm × 7-7.8 mm, veins many, base narrowed into a claw 2-2.5 mm, apex obtuse or retuse. Stamens 6-11 mm. Ovary ovoid, 6.7-7.5 mm; styles 2, 5.3-7.5 mm. Fl. May-Oct. 2n = 34. (Flora of China)
