Bergenia stracheyi CUBG (1994-0239)

An attractive form collected by P.S. Lloyd at 300-350m from the Minapin Glacier in the Karakorum Highway in the princely state of Nagar in 1961 during the reign of the Tham, mir Shaukat Ali Khan, before the northern state merged into modern day Pakistan. It forms tight rosettes of small, spoon-shaped, bright green leaves with a distinctive red margin and coarse hairs. The leaves are sessile, emerging from a slow spreading rhizome. Little to no winter foliage interest. Flowers are yet to be observed.

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