Saxifraga flagellaris Willdenow ex Sternberg subsp. stenophylla (Royle) Hultén; S. flagellaris var. stenosepala Trautvetter; S. flagellaris var. stenosepala f. alta Engler & Irmscher; S. flagellaris var. stenosepala f. humilis Engler & Irmscher; S. flagellaris var. stenosepala f. pauciflora Engler & Irmscher.

Stem 5-17.5 cm tall, densely glandular hairy. Stolons arising from axils of basal leaves, 4-12 cm, sparsely glandular hairy, gemmiferous at apex. Basal leaves aggregated into a rosette, narrowly elliptic to subspatulate, somewhat convex abaxially, concave adaxially, 0.8-1.3 cm × 2-4.5 mm, leathery, both surfaces ± glandular pubescent, margin glandular ciliate, apex acute, glandular. Cauline leaves remote, 5.5-11 × 1.5-3 mm, leathery, both surfaces ± glandular hairy, margin glandular ciliate, apex glandular. Cyme 1.5-3 cm, (1 or)2- or 3-flowred; pedicels 0.6-1.4 cm, densely glandular hairy. Sepals erect, ovate to lanceolate, 4-6.2 × 1.2-2.8 mm, subcarnose, abaxially and marginally dark brown glandular hairy, adaxially glabrous or rarely sparsely glandular hairy, veins 5-9, partly or fully confluent at apex, apex usually mucronate. Petals yellow, obovate to broadly so or elliptic, 0.8-1.2 cm × 4.5-7.5 mm, not callose, 8-11-veined, clawless, apex obtuse. Stamens 4-5.7 mm. Ovary subsuperior, ellipsoid, 2.5-3.5 mm; styles ca. 1.5 mm. Fl. Jul-Aug.

Saxifraga stenophylla is part of the polymorphic S. flagellaris complex. In the present account, the taxa belonging to this complex are treated as narrowly defined species.

Scrub, alpine meadows, among rocks; 3700-5000 m. W Sichuan, E Xizang (Baxoi Xian, Mainling Xian, Zayü Xian), NW Yunnan (Zhongdian Xian) [India, Kashmir, Nepal, Pakistan, Sikkim, Tajikistan].