Vern.: Zakham-e-hayat.

Bergenia ciliata sensu Blatter, Beaut.Flow.Kashm.1:125.1928; Sch-Tem. in Rech.f.Iran.42: 15.1967; R.R.Stewart, l.c.340; Saxifraga ciliata Royle, Ill.Bot.-Himal.Mount.1:226.t.49.f.2.1839, non ,Megasea ciliata Haw.; Bergenia ligulata var. ciliata (Royle) Engl. in Bot.Zeit. 26:841.1868. Saxifraga ligulata Wall. var. ciliata (Royle) Hook.f. & Thorns. in J. Linn.Soc.Bot.2:61.1858; C.B. Clarke in Hook.f.,Fl.Brit. Ind.2:398.1878; Bailey, Stand.Cyclop.Hort.6: 3086.1917. Leaf 4-11 x 3-10 cm, hirsute, the upper surface sometimes glabrous; petiole 1-2.5 cm long, hirsute; veins prominently hairy on lower leaf surface.

Fl.Per.: March-May.

Neo-type: Nepal, 1821, Wallich Cat. no. 449/1, (K).

Distribution: Temperate Himalayan region (from Kashmir to Nepal) from c. 2000-2700 m.

Very common on rocks, in and around the Murree area, especially in the Galis. Usually gregarious. Leaves often become longer after flowering.