| Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
| Genus species | Saxifraga rotundifolia L. sect. Cotylea |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 403 (1753) |
| Native Range | c. & s. Europe to Iran |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Description | weakly hirsute, stem leafy, leaves orbiculate or reniform, dentate, lower leaves long petiolate, flowers in narrow panicle, stellate, sepals erect, petals 6-11mm long |
| Size | 20-30cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | ind |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division after flowering; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Geum rotundifolium (L.) Moench Miscopetalum rotundifolium (L.) Haw. Saxifraga angulosa Schott & al. Saxifraga fonticola A.Kern. Saxifraga heucherifolia Griseb. & Schenk Saxifraga heuffelii Schott & al. Saxifraga lasiophylla Schott & al. Saxifraga olympica Boiss. Saxifraga repanda Willd. Saxifraga rotundifolia var. apennina D.A.Webb Saxifraga rotundifolia var. insularis Briq. Saxifraga rotundifolia var. repanda (Willd.) Eichler |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (COR Corse, FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, SIC Sicilia, YUG Yugoslavia) 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is., IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) |