| Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
| Genus species | Saxifraga aizoides L. sect. Porphyrion |
| Synonyms | Saxifraga aizoidoides Miégev. |
| Saxifraga atrorubens Bertol. | |
| Saxifraga crocea Gaudin | |
| Habitat | scree and moraines |
| Altitude | arctic-alpine |
| Description | stem leaves sessile, linear to narrowly oblong, fleshy, 3-22mm, entire, spinulose-ciliate, glabrous, flowers 2-15 in cyme, petals elliptic 3-7mm long |
| Size | 5-30cm |
| Color | yellow, orange |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | ind |
| Type | rosette, carpet |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
| 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 (Finland , Great Britain , Iceland , Ireland , Norway , Svalbard , Sweden ) Middle Europe (Austria , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Poland , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (France , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Albania , Bulgaria , Greece , Italy , Romania , Yugoslavia ) Eastern Europe (North European Russia , Ukraine ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (West Siberia ) Northern America Subarctic America (Alaska , Greenland , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , Newfoundland , Nova Scotia , Ontario , Québec ) Northeastern U.S.A. (Michigan , New York , Vermont) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
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| Comments | SAXIFRAGACEAE
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