| Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
| Genus species | Saxifraga hyperborea R.Br. sect. Mesogyne |
| Synonyms | Saxifraga flexuosa Sternb. |
| Habitat | tundra |
| Altitude | 0-3000m |
| Description | leaves reniform to orbiculate, 3-5-lobate, thin, entire, eciliate, glabrous or sparsely hirsute, flowers 2-5 in cyme, sepals ovate, petals 2-3mm long |
| Size | 5-12cm |
| Color | purple, white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | rosette, tuft |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division after flowering; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Circumpolar
Europe Northern Europe (Svalbard ) Eastern Europe (North European Russia ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Buryatiya , Chita , Krasnoyarsk , West Siberia , Yakutskiya ) Russian Far East (Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Magadan ) Northern America Subarctic America (Alaska , Greenland , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , Québec ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado , Idaho , Montana , Oregon , Washington , Wyoming ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona , California) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | SAXIFRAGACEAE
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