Bergenia stracheyi (Hook.F. & Thomson) Engl.

Herbs perennial, ca. 20 cm tall. Rhizomes thick. Leaves all basal; petiole 1-1.8 cm, sheathless part to 1 cm, sheathing base rigidly ciliate at distal margin; leaf blade obovate, 7-7.5 × 4.2-4.6 cm, both surfaces glabrous, base cuneate or rounded, margin serrate or doubly so, rigidly ciliate, apex obtuse. Inflorescence cymose, 5-8 cm; branches and pedicels long glandular hairy. Hypanthium glandular hairy. Sepals subovate, 5-6 × 3.5-4 mm, fleshy, abaxially glandular hairy, veins many, not confluent at apex, margin denticulate-ciliate. Petals red, subspatulate, ca. 9.5 × 4-5 mm, base gradually narrowed into a claw 2-3 mm, apex obtuse. Stamens 6-7 mm. Ovary ovoid, ca. 6 mm; styles 2, ca. 7 mm. Fl. Jun-Oct. 2n = 34.

It is a temperate plant. It grows between 2500-4500 m altitude in Uttar Pradesh in India. In Tibet it grows between 3,900-4,500 m above sea level. It grows on higher colder areas on moist rocky slopes in the Himalayas. It is best in a well-composted well-drained soil. It needs a sunny position. It is damaged by drought and frost.

The young leaves are used as a vegetable. They are also dried and used for making a tea drink.

It can be grown by division of the rootstock.