Saxifraga pubescens, Pourret

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 374

66. S. pubescens Pourret , Mém. Acad. Toulouse 3: 327 (1788)

(5. mixta Lapeyr., pro parte). Very variable in habit; usually densely caespitose in compact cushions, but sometimes lax and spreading. Rosette-leaves rather deeply 5-fid (less often 3-fid) with parallel-sided, obtuse segments, rather dark green, densely covered with long glandular hairs. Cauline leaves usually divided into narrow segments, rarely entire. Petals broadly obovate, usually contiguous or overlapping. • Pyrenees;?Cordillera Cantàbrica. G a Hs. Divisible into two subspecies, which are often given specific rank; plants of subsp. (a) from exposed positions can, however, resemble very closely those of subsp. (b).