Bergenia crassifolia x purpurascens

Raised by Peter Yeo at Cambridge University Botanic Garden from a cross pollination carried out in 1960, this hybrid is narrower leaved compared to B. cordifolia x purpurascens, now known as B. x smithii. Bergenia crassifolia x purpurascens also appears to have narrower petals than B. cordifolia x purpurascens. Yeo notes that a similar plant grown at Uppsala from seed received from Carl Frikart, Stäfa, Zurich, was accessioned as B. beesiana. Bergenia x beesiana is considered a synonym of B. x smithii.

There seems to be little value in separating B. crassifolia x purpurascens from B. cordifolia x purpurascens (B. x smithii) based on the differences set out by Yeo.