Saxifraga cespitosa: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Saxifragales
- Family
- Saxifragaceae
- Genus
- Saxifraga
- Species
- Saxifraga cespitosa
- Scientific Name
- Saxifraga cespitosa
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Saxifraga cespitosa
Saxifraga cespitosa, the tufted alpine saxifrage or tufted saxifrage, is a species of flowering plant common to many arctic heights. It appears further south in mountainous areas of the Alps, Norway, Scotland, Wales, Iceland, Siberia, western North America and Greenland.
Densely tufted from a stout taproot, the plant has very short stems with withered, dead leaves at the base. The leaves have three to five lobes; both leaves and calyx exhibit trichomes in the form of glandular hair. Flowering stems range from 5–10 cm, with one or two flowers per stem. Its petals are white, twice the length of the calyx lobes. Smaller specimens, with shorter stems and smaller, yellowish-greenish petals (with uniflorous variants), are rather frequent.
The tufted saxifrage grows on ledges and gravelly places.
It became a protected species in the UK in 1975 under the Conservation of Wild Creatures and Wild Plants Act.
...Saxifraga cespitosa in languages:
- Bokmål
- tuesildre
- Danish
- tuestenbræk
- English
- tufted saxifrage
- English
- Tundra Saxifrage
- Finnish
- mätäsrikko
- French
- Saxifrage cespiteuse
- German
- Polstersteinbrech
- Russian
- Камнеломка дернистая
- Swedish
- tuvbräcka
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Saxifraga almeriensis
- Saxifraga aquatica
- Saxifraga babiana
- Saxifraga biternata
- Saxifraga bourgaeana
- Saxifraga boussingaultii
- Saxifraga bulbifera
- Saxifraga camposii
- Saxifraga canaliculata
- Saxifraga caprariae
- Saxifraga carpetana
- Saxifraga cebennensis
- Saxifraga cespitosa
- Saxifraga cintrana
- Saxifraga conifera
- Saxifraga corsica
- Saxifraga cuneata
- Saxifraga demnatensis
- Saxifraga dichotoma
- Saxifraga embergeri
- Saxifraga erioblasta
- Saxifraga exarata
- Saxifraga fragilis
- Saxifraga fragosoi
- Saxifraga gemmulosa
- Saxifraga genesiana
- Saxifraga geranioides
- Saxifraga giziana
- Saxifraga glabella
- Saxifraga globulifera
- Saxifraga granulata
- Saxifraga haenseleri
- Saxifraga hariotii
- Saxifraga hypnoides
- Saxifraga intricata
- Saxifraga irrigua
- Saxifraga latepetiolata
- Saxifraga losae
- Saxifraga luizetiana
- Saxifraga maderensis
- Saxifraga magellanica
- Saxifraga maireana
- Saxifraga maweana
- Saxifraga mazanderanica
- Saxifraga moncayensis
- Saxifraga montis-christi
- Saxifraga nevadensis
- Saxifraga numidica
- Saxifraga pedemontana
- Saxifraga pentadactylis
- Saxifraga portosanctana
- Saxifraga praetermissa
- Saxifraga pubescens
- Saxifraga reuteriana
- Saxifraga rigoi
- Saxifraga rosacea
- Saxifraga terektensis
- Saxifraga trabutiana
- Saxifraga trautvetteri
- Saxifraga tricrenata
- Saxifraga trifurcata
- Saxifraga vayredana
- Saxifraga werneri
- Saxifraga × alejandrei
- Saxifraga × alloysii-villarii
- Saxifraga × arendsii
- Saxifraga × arguellesii
- Saxifraga × arizagae
- Saxifraga × baregensis
- Saxifraga × blatii
- Saxifraga × cadevallii
- Saxifraga × camboana
- Saxifraga × capitata
- Saxifraga × celtiberica
- Saxifraga × conradiae
- Saxifraga × costei
- Saxifraga × darrieuxii
- Saxifraga × davidis-webbii
- Saxifraga × desetangsii
- Saxifraga × faucicola
- Saxifraga × fontqueri
- Saxifraga × guadarramica
- Saxifraga × haussknechtii
- Saxifraga × jouffroyi
- Saxifraga × lainzii
- Saxifraga × lecomtei
- Saxifraga × lhostei
- Saxifraga × martyi
- Saxifraga × miscellanea
- Saxifraga × montserratii
- Saxifraga × obscura
- Saxifraga × prietoi
- Saxifraga × prudhommei
- Saxifraga × pseudocontinentalis
- Saxifraga × recoderi
- Saxifraga × richteri
- Saxifraga × rivas-martinezii
- Saxifraga × somedana
- Saxifraga × sorianoi
- Saxifraga × souliei
- Saxifraga × urbionica
- Saxifraga × verguinii
- Saxifraga × vetteri
- Saxifraga × wilczekii
- Saxifraga × yvesii































































































































































