| Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
| Genus species | Saxifraga cespitosa L. sect. Saxifraga |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 404 (1753) |
| Native Range | Subarctic to w. USA, New Mexico, Maine |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Description | leaves petiolate, elliptic to spathulate, at apex 3-5-lobate, 5-15mm, entire, sparsely glandular ciliate, pedunculate-glandular, flowers 2-5 in cyme, petals 3-7mm |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Dactyloides cespitosa (L.) Nieuwl. Evaiezoa cespitosa (L.) Raf. Evaiezoa sileneflora (Sternb. ex Cham.) Raf. Evaiezoa venosa (Haw.) Raf. Muscaria cespitosa (L.) Haw. Muscaria cespitosa ssp. exaratioides (Simmons) Á.Löve & D.Löve Muscaria cespitosa ssp. laxiuscula (Engl. & Irmscher) Á.Löve Muscaria delicatula Small Muscaria emarginata Small Muscaria micropetala Small Muscaria monticola Small Muscaria sileneflora (Sternb. ex Cham.) Small Saxifraga cespitosa var. atrorubens Murith Saxifraga cespitosa var. brachyphylla Wedd. Saxifraga cespitosa f. ciliata Regel Saxifraga cespitosa f. compacta Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga cespitosa var. cryptopetala Berlin Saxifraga cespitosa var. delicatula (Small) Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga cespitosa var. drummondii Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga cespitosa subvar. elatior Wedd. Saxifraga cespitosa var. emarginata (Small) Rosend. Saxifraga cespitosa f. eupalmata Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga cespitosa ssp. exaratoides (Simmons) Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga cespitosa ssp. gemmifera Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga cespitosa f. glabra Regel Saxifraga cespitosa var. grandiflora Regel Saxifraga cespitosa var. groenlandica (L.) Pursh Saxifraga cespitosa var. latifolia Regel Saxifraga cespitosa var. laxa Regel Saxifraga cespitosa ssp. laxiuscula (Engl. & Irmsch.) Á.Löve & D.Löve Saxifraga cespitosa f. laxiuscula Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga cespitosa ssp. legitima Gaudin Saxifraga cespitosa var. lemmonii Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga cespitosa var. minima Blank, Saxifraga cespitosa ssp. monticola (Small) A.E.Porsild Saxifraga cespitosa f. multiflora Calder Saxifraga cespitosa f. pilosa Regel Saxifraga cespitosa var. pseudohypnoides Murith Saxifraga cespitosa var. purpusii Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga cespitosa var. repens Wahlenb. Saxifraga cespitosa ssp. sileneflora (Sterb. ex Cham.) Hultén Saxifraga cespitosa var. sternbergii Regel Saxifraga cespitosa ssp. subgemmifera Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga cespitosa va. subgemmifera (Engl. & Irmsch.) C.L.Hitchc. Saxifraga cespitosa var. uniflora (R.Br.) Hook. & Arn. Saxifraga cespitosa ssp. uniflora (R.Br.) A.E.Porsild Saxifraga cespitosa f. villosa Regel Saxifraga condensata D.Dietr. Saxifraga decipiens var. cespitosa (L.) Engl. Saxifraga decipiens var. groenlandica (L.) Engl. Saxifraga decipiens f. triloba Abrom. Saxifraga decipiens f. uniflora (R.Br.) Engl. Saxifraga decipiens var. uniflora (R.Br.) Lange Saxifraga delicatula (Small) Fedde Saxifraga emarginata (Small) Fedde Saxifraga groenlandica L. Saxifraga groenlandica ssp. exaratoides Simmons Saxifraga groenlandica f. flavescens Simmons Saxifraga groenlandica var. uniflora Simmons Saxifraga hirta Hook.f. Saxifraga incurva J.Mackay ex Ser. Saxifraga incurvifolia D.Don Saxifraga kittredgei Zhmylev Saxifraga lasiostigma Pers. Saxifraga micropetala (Small) A.Nelson Saxifraga monticola (Small) Á.Löve & D.Löve Saxifraga pubescens Sternb. ex Cham. Saxifraga sileneflora Sternb. ex Cham. Saxifraga sileneflora var. minor C.Presl ex Torr. & A.Gray Saxifraga sileneflora var. uniflora Hook. Saxifraga uniflora R.Br. Saxifraga venosa Haw. |
| Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, GRB Great Britain, ICE Iceland, NOR Norway, SVA Svalbard, SWE Sweden) 14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia, RUW Northwest European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (KRA Krasnoyarsk, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., 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, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (MAI Maine) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |