D. aucheri Boiss. in Ann. Sci. Nat. 17: 179 (1842). Figure 10. p. 251.
Many-stemmed prostrate perennial, loosely caespitose, flowering stems often sub-simple. Leaves petiolate, blue-green, thickish. cuneate at base, with 3-5 linear blunt lobes at apex. Petals 4-6 x 2-4 mm, obovate, clawed. Fruiting pedicels 4-9 mm. Fruit composed of two inflated thin-walled spheres, 7-10 mm long, 9-13 mm broad and 4.5-6.5 mm wide, usually 4-seeded. sometimes 2-seeded. Ft. 6-8. Alpine rocky slopes and screes, 3100-3650 m.
Syntypes: Iran: Elwend, Aucher 247 (K!); Demavend, Aucher 4079 (K!).
Armenia and Kurdistan. B9 Van: Gevaş, Artos Da.. 3500 m, D. 22804! B9 Ağri: Ağri Da., (Grossheim 4: map 149). C9 Hakkari: Kara Da.. 3600 m, D. 24506! Cilo Da., 3650 m, D. 24185!
Transcaucasia, N. Iraq, W. & C. Iran and (?) Pamir-AJai.