| Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
| Genus species | Saxifraga hyperborea R.Br. sect. Mesogyne |
| Bibliography | Chlor. Melvill.: 16 (1823) |
| Native Range | Subarctic to w. & wc. USA |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
| Habitat | grassland |
| 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 | subshrub |
| 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 cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Saxifraga flexuosa Sternb. Saxifraga rivularis var. flexuosa (Sternb.) Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga rivularis var. hyperborea (R.Br.) Hook. Saxifraga rivularis ssp. hyperborea (R.Br.) Dorn Saxifraga rivularis f. hyperborea (R.Br.) Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga rivularis var. purpurascens Lange Saxifraga rivularis f. purpurascens (Lange) Engl. & Irmsch. |
| Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (SVA Svalbard) 14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, KRA Krasnoyarsk, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, QUE Québec) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California) |