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Saxifraga aizoides L. sect. Porphyrion 
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FamilySAXIFRAGACEAE
Genus speciesSaxifraga aizoides L. sect. Porphyrion
BibliographySp. Pl. 1: 403 (1753)
Native RangeSubarctic America to n. USA, Subarctic & Subalpine Europe to w. Siberia
Primary BiomeSubalpine or Subarctic
Habitatscree and moraines
Descriptionstem leaves sessile, linear to narrowly oblong, fleshy, 3-22mm, entire, spinulose-ciliate, glabrous, flowers 2-15 in cyme, petals elliptic 3-7mm long
Size5-30cm
Coloryellow, orange
Bloomsummer
Caind
Typesubshrub
Cultivationgravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade
Propagationseed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C
cuttings in late summer
SynonymsEvaiezoa aizoides (L.) Raf.
Leptasea aizoides (L.) Raf.
Leptasea aizoides f. crocea (Gaudin) Moldenke
Leptasea vanbruntiae (Small) Small
Muscaria crocea (Gaudin) Haw.
Saxifraga aizoidea St.-Lag.
Saxifraga aizoides var. aurantia Hartm.
Saxifraga aizoides f. aurantiaca Sternb.
Saxifraga aizoides subf. bruntiae Engl. & Irmsch.
Saxifraga aizoides var. euaizoides Engl. & Irmsch.
Saxifraga aizoides var. crocea Gaudin
Saxifraga aizodes f. flava Engl. & Irmsch.
Saxifraga aizoides f. pallida Sternb.
Saxifraga aizoidoides Miégev.
Saxifraga alpina Salisb.
Saxifraga atrorubens Bertol
Saxifraga autumnalis Jacq.
Saxifraga crocea Gaudin
Saxifraga vanbruntiae Small
Territory0 Circumpolar
1 Europe
     10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, GRB Great Britain, ICE Iceland, IRE Ireland, NOR Norway, SVA Svalbard, SWE Sweden)
     11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland)
     12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain)
     13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia)
     14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia, UKR Ukraine)
3 Asia-Temperate
     30 Siberia (WSB West Siberia)
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, NFL Newfoundland, NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec)
     75 Northeastern U.S.A. (MIC Michigan, NWY New York, VER Vermont)
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