| Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
| Genus species | Saxifraga magellanica Poir. sect. Saxifraga |
| Bibliography | Encycl. [J.B.A.M.de Lamarck] 6: 686 (1805) |
| Native Range | Ecuador to s. South America, Falkland Islands |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 0-5200m |
| Description | variable, leaves often trifid, with wide petiole, flowers 1-3, petals 3-9mm long |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | spring |
| 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 | Muscaria magellanica (Poir.) Haw. Saxifraga adenodes Poepp. ex Sternb. Saxifraga alpina Pav. ex D.Don Saxifraga andicola D.Don Saxifraga bonplandii D.Don Saxifraga cespitosa var. andicola Wedd. Saxifraga cespitosa var. magellanica (Poir.) Wedd. Saxifraga cespitosa var. pavonii (D.Don) Speg. Saxifraga chilensis Poepp. ex Engl. Saxifraga cordillerana C.Presl Saxifraga cordillerana var. bonplandii (D.Don) C.Presl Saxifraga cordillerana var. haenkei C.Presl Saxifraga cordillerana var. laxa C.Presl Saxifraga cordillerarum C.Presl Saxifraga cordillerarum var. bonplandii (D.Don) C.Presl Saxifraga cordillerarum var. breviscapa Macloskie Saxifraga cordillerarum var. decipiens Ball Saxifraga cordillerarum var. haenkei C.Presl Saxifraga cordillerarum var. laxa C.Presl Saxifraga cordillerarum var. magellanica (Poir.) Reiche Saxifraga cordillerarum var. nivalis Ball Saxifraga cordillerarum var. trigyna Engl. Saxifraga exarata var. breviscapa Hook.f. Saxifraga exarata var. integrifolia Hook.f. Saxifraga exarata var. laxa Hook.f. Sexifraga lemusii Leyb. Saxifraga magellanica f. altiuscula Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga magellanica f. angustifolia Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga magellanica var. donii Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga magellanica f. eumagellanica Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga magellanica f. euperuviana Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga magellanica f. haenkei Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga magellanica f. integrifolia Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga magellanica f. laxa Engl. & Irmsch, Saxifraga magellanica f. lineariloba Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga magellanica var. ovatiloba Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga magellanica ssp. peruviana (Sternb.) Engl. & Irmsch Saxifraga magellanica var. peruviana (Sternb.) J.F.Macbr. Saxifraga magellanica f. scapifera Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga magellanica f. scaposa Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga magellanica f. stellata Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga magellanica f. subsessiliflora Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga magellanica f. trigyna (J.Rémy) Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga magellanica subf. viridifora Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga pavonii D.Don Saxifraga peruviana Sternb. Saxifraga stellata Pav. ex D.Don Saxifraga stylosa J.Rémy Saxifraga trigyna J.Rémy Saxifraga trigyna var. azorelloides Speg. |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGE Argentina Northeast, AGS Argentina South, AGW Argentina Northwest, CLC Chile Central, CLS Chile South) 9 Antarctic 90 Subantarctic Islands (FAL Falkland Is.) |