| Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
| Genus species | Saxifraga hirculus L. sect. Ciliatae |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 402 (1753) |
| Native Range | Subarctic & Temperate Northern Hemisphere |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Altitude | 0-4000m |
| Description | stoloniferous, leaves lanceolate, flat, rigid, entire, at base attenuate, petiole ciliate, flowers 1-4, calyx lobes linear, obtuse, petals elliptic |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | golden yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | - |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division after flowering; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Hirculus propinquus (R.Br.) Haw. Hirculus prorepens (Fisch. ex Sternb.) Á.Löve Hirculus punctatus Raf. Hirculus ranunculoides Haw. Kingstonia guttata S.F.Gray Leptasea alaskana Small Leptasea hirculus (L.) Small Saxifraga aizoides var. autumnalis (L.) Nyman Saxifraga alaskana (Small) Fedde Saxifraga autumnalis L. Saxifraga flava Lam. Saxifraga hirculus ssp. coloradoensis Hedberg Saxifraga hirculus ssp. compacta Hedberg Saxifraga hirculus var. humilis (Engl. & Irmsch.) H.Chuang Saxifraga hirculus f. humilis Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga hirculus f. intermedia Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga hirculus f. major Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga hirculus var. major (Engl. & Irnsch.) J.T.Pan Saxifraga hirculus ssp. propinqua (R.Br.) Á.Löve & D.Löve Saxifraga hirculus var. propinqua (R.Br.) Simmons Saxifraga hirculus var. typica C.B.Clarke Saxifraga hirculus var. uniflora Sternb. Saxifraga lanuginosa Jacquem. ex Decne. Saxifraga lutea Gilib. Saxifraga nutans Adams Saxifraga palustris Salisb. Saxifraga propinqua R.Br. Saxifraga prorepens Fisch. ex Sternb. Saxifraga reflexa St.-Lag. |
| Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (DEN Denmark, FIN Finland, GRB Great Britain, ICE Iceland, IRE Ireland, NOR Norway, SVA Svalbard, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, GER Germany, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France) 13 Southeastern Europe (ROM Romania) 14 Eastern Europe (BLR Belarus, BLT Baltic States, RUC Central European Russia, RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia, RUW Northwest European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, MAG Magadan) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, TUR Turkey) 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba) 72 Eastern Canada (ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, MNT Montana) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |