| Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
| Genus species | Saxifraga serpyllifolia Pursh sect. Ciliatae |
| Bibliography | Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 311 (1813) |
| Native Range | n. Siberia to Russian Far East, Aleutian Islands to British Columbia |
| Primary Biome | Subarctic |
| Habitat | tundra |
| Description | leaves sessile, linear to spathulate, 2-9mm, carnose, entire, obtuse, not mucronate, glabrous, flowers solitary, sepals often purple, petals obovate, 4-8mm long |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | pale yellow, purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| 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 division after flowering; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Evaiezoa serpyllifolia (Pursh) Raf. Evaiezoa eschscholtzi Raf. Hirculus serpyllifolius (Pursh) W.A.Weber Leptasea serpyllifolia (Pursh) Small Saxifraga bicolor Sternb. Saxifraga eschscholtzii Cham. ex Ser. Saxifraga fischerii Ser. Saxifraga glutinosa Sipliv. Saxifraga pallasiana Sternb. Saxifraga scapigera Willd. ex Sternb. Saxifraga serpyllifolia ssp. glutinosa (Sipliv.) Kozhevn. Saxifraga serpyllifolia var. purpurea Hultén Saxifraga serpyllifolia f. purpurea (Hultén) B.Boivin Saxifraga serpyllifolia var. viscosa Trautv. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (KRA Krasnoyarsk, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) |