A superb species typically found growing in wet or dry rocks and cliffs, and in forests from 900-3000m across E. Afghanistan, W. Pakistan, S. Kashmir, S. Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim and N.E. India (Assam and Arunachal Pradesh). It has orbicular or broadly ovate to obovate, dark green leaves with distinctly glabrous surfaces, rounded base and rigidly ciliate margin. Leaves can vary in size, with large leaved forms available in cultivation. In spring, highly attractive white flowers blushed pink open from branching red stems. There are many synonyms associated with this species, most notably Bergenia ciliata var. ligulata and B. ligulata. The renowned plantsman Max Leichtlin, of Baden-Baden in Germany, introduced several wild collections into cultivation. Names such as Bergenia ciliata 'Leichtlin' and Bergenia ciliata var. leichtlinii are considered synonyms of B. pacumbis.