| Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
| Genus species | Saxifraga oppositifolia L. sect. Porphyrion |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 402 (1753) |
| Native Range | Subarctic & Temperate Northern Hemisphere |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
| Habitat | rocks and scree |
| Description | leaves imbricate, opposite, oblong-obovate, ca. 6mm, entire, obtuse, glabrous, ciliate, flowers terminal, solitary, sepals ovate, obtuse, ciliate, petals obovate, 10-11mm |
| Size | 1-5cm |
| Color | pale pink, purple |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | ind |
| Type | subshrub |
| 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 cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Antiphylla asiatica (Hayek) Losinsk. Antiphylla caerulea (Pers.) Haw. Antiphylla oppositifolia (L.) Fourr. Evaiezoa oppositifolia (L.) Raf. Saxifraga asiatica Hayek Saxifraga biflora Ledeb. Saxifraga biflora ssp. epirotica D.A.Webb Saxifraga caerulea Pers. Saxifraga czekanowskii Sipliv. Saxifraga hegetschweileri Brügger Saxifraga intermedia Nasarow Saxifraga meridionalis (A.Terrac.) A.Terrac. Saxifraga murithiana Tissiére Saxifraga oppositifolia alba Farrer Saxifraga oppositifolia var. albiflora Lange Saxifraga oppositifolia f. albiflora Y.H.Lu Saxifraga oppositifolia subvar. albiflora (Lange) Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga oppositifolia var. alternifolia Vacc. Saxifraga oppositifolia ssp. arctoalpina Braun-Blanq. Saxifraga oppositifolia ssp. asiatica (Hayek) Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga oppositifolia f. conferta Vacc. Saxifraga oppositifolia var. distans Ser. Saxifraga oppositifolia var. elongata Dusén Saxifraga oppositifolia ssp. glandulifera Vacc. Saxifraga oppositifolia var. grandiflora Engl. Saxifraga oppositifolia var. meridionalis A.Terracc. Saxifraga oppositifolia var. mollis Vacc. Saxifraga oppositifolia f. monstrosa Engl. & Irmsch. Saxifraga oppositifolia f. murithiana (Tissiére) Farrer Saxifraga oppositifolia var. murithiana (Tissiére) P.Fourn. Saxifraga oppositifolia ssp. murithiana (Tissiére) Braun-Blanq. Saxifraga oppositifolia ssp. paradoxa D.A.Webb. Saxifraga oppositifolia f. schofieldii B.Boivin Saxifraga retusa Cham. Saxifraga vaccarii Petitim. |
| Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, FOR Fřroyar, 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) 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) 36 China (CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (WHM West Himalaya) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., 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) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (NWY New York, VER Vermont) |
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