Rhodiola tibetica (Hook.F. & Thomson) Fu

Caudex short to long; persistent old flowering stems few, present as remnants. Flowering stems to 30 cm, basally usually finely papillate. Stem leaves linear to narrowly ovate, 5-9 × 1.5-4 mm, base broadly triangular, margin entire or dentate, apex long acuminate and awn-shaped. Inflorescences corymbiform, compact, 2-2.5 cm in diam., many flowered. Flowers unisexual, unequally 5-merous. Sepals suboblong, ca. 1 mm. Petals purple to red, elliptic-lanceolate, 2-4 mm. Stamens 10, subequaling or somewhat longer than petals. Nectar scales subquadrangular, ca. 0.6 mm, apex emarginate. Carpels erect, lanceolate, 4-5 mm, apex ± recurved. Fl. Jul-Aug, fr. Sep.

It is a subtropical and temperate plant. It grows at high altitudes. In Pakistan it grows between 3,000-4,800 m altitude. In Tibet in China it grows between 4,100-5,400 m above sea level. It grows on rocks and hilly slopes.

The young leaves and stem are boiled in some changes of water to remove bitterness then dried and used as a vegetable.

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.