Cardamine loxostemonoides O. E. Schulz, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 1069. 1926; Loxostemon loxostemonoides (O. E. Schulz) Y. C. Lan & T. Y. Cheo, Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 1(3): 54. 1981. TYPE: NW India, Nipchang valley, 4300–4600 m, 31 Aug 1884, Duthie 2724 (lectotype, designated by Rashid & Ohba (1993), ?B; isolectotype, K, DD).

Loxostemon incanus R. C. Fang ex T. Y. Cheo & Y. C. Lan, Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 1(3): 54. 1981. TYPE: China, Yunnan, Chungtien Plateau, 7 Jul 1930, K. M. Feng 1559 (holotype, KUN).

Cardamine tibetana Rashid & H. Ohba, J. Jap. Bot. 68: 206. 1993. TYPE: China, SE Tibet, Tse La, Langong, 94°00¢n, 28°45¢E, 14–15000 ft, open bare scree, 21 Jun 1938, F. Ludlow & G. Sherriff 5618 (holotype, TI!; isotypes, BM!, E!).

            Herbs, perennial, glabrous or sparsely to densely pilose. Rhizomes slender, with several bulbils and stolons; bulbils with fleshy, white, scaly leaves apically with rudimentary appendages. Stems (5-)12-30(-35) cm, somewhat decumbent and slender below, simple. Rhizomal leaves glabrous or pilose, compound; petiole (0.7-)2-15(-20) cm; terminal leaflet with a petiolule 3-10 mm, blade undivided and suborbicular, oblanceolate, or linear, or trifid and suborbicular to broadly obovate in outline and with obovate or oblong lobes the basal pair of which sometimes with a tiny lobule, terminal lobe 0.6-2(-3) cm ´ 2-5 mm; lateral leaflets 2-5 pairs, sessile or petiolulate, similar in shape and division to terminal lobe but smaller. Cauline leaves 1-4; petiole (0.3-)1-3(-4) cm, not auriculate at base; terminal and lateral leaflets similar in shape, size, and number to those of basal leaves. Racemes ebracteate, 2-14-flowered; fruiting pedicels (5-)1-2.5 cm, ascending to suberect, glabrous. Sepals broadly ovate, 2.5-5 ´ 1.5-2.5 mm, glabrous, broadly membranous at margin and apex, base of lateral pair subsaccate; petals purple with darker veins, broadly obovate, 0.8-1.2(-1.4) cm ´ 5-8(-8.5) mm, not clawed, apex rounded; median filament pairs (3.5-)4.5-6 mm, lateral pair 2.5-4 mm; anthers narrowly oblong, 1.4-2 mm; ovules 14-20 per ovary. Fruits linear, 2.5-3.5 cm ´ 1.2-1.5 mm; valves glabrous; style 1-3 mm. Seeds brown, ovate, ca. 1.5 ´ 1 mm, wingless.

Flowering: Jun-Jul.

Habitat: mountains slopes, along ditches, damp grounds by streams, open grass and gravel, scree. Elevation: 2900–5500 m.

Distribution: Bhutan, China (Xizang), India (Sikkim), Kashmir, Nepal.