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Saxifrages
Saxifraga
Saxifraga is the largest genus in the family Saxifragaceae, containing about 440 species of holarctic perennial plants, known as saxifrages or rockfoils. The Latin word saxifraga means literally "stone-breaker", from Latin saxum ("rock" or "stone") + frangere ("to break"). It is usually thought to indicate a medicinal use for treatment of urinary calculi (known as kidney stones), rather than breaking rocks apart.
38 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Section Saxifraga
sectionSaxifraga
Porphyrion
sectionPorphyrion
Bronchiales
sectionBronchiales
Silver Saxifrages
sectionLigulatae
Londonprides
sectionGymnopera
Cotylea
sectionCotylea
Mesogyne
sectionMesogyne
Irregulares
sectionIrregulares
Section Ciliatae
sectionCiliatae
Trachyphyllum
sectionTrachyphyllum
Heterisia
sectionHeterisia
Cymbalaria
sectionCymbalaria
Saxifraga × patens
hybridSaxifraga × patens
Saxifragella
sectionSaxifragella
Saxifraga asarifolia
speciesSaxifraga asarifolia
Saxifraga boreo-olympica
speciesSaxifraga boreo-olympica
Saxifraga pseudoparvula
speciesSaxifraga pseudoparvula
Saxifraga benzilanensis
speciesSaxifraga benzilanensis
Saxifraga × jurtzevii
hybridSaxifraga × jurtzevii
Saxifraga × zimmeteri
hybridSaxifraga × zimmeteri
Saxifraga × cochleariifolia
hybridSaxifraga × cochleariifolia
Pseudocymbalaria
sectionPseudocymbalaria
Saxifraga × blyttii
hybridSaxifraga × blyttii
Saxifraga × forojulensis
hybridSaxifraga × forojulensis
Saxifraga × wettsteinii
hybridSaxifraga × wettsteinii
Saxifraga × gentyana
hybridSaxifraga × gentyana
Saxifraga × farreri
hybridSaxifraga × farreri
Saxifraga × degeniana
hybridSaxifraga × degeniana
Saxifraga × aragonensis
hybridSaxifraga × aragonensis
Saxifraga × borderi
hybridSaxifraga × borderi
Saxifraga × forsteri
hybridSaxifraga × forsteri
Saxifraga × saleixiana
hybridSaxifraga × saleixiana
Saxifraga × mattfeldii
hybridSaxifraga × mattfeldii
Saxifraga × paxii
hybridSaxifraga × paxii
Saxifraga × ramondii
hybridSaxifraga × ramondii
Saxifraga × luizetii
hybridSaxifraga × luizetii
Saxifraga microcephala
speciesSaxifraga microcephala
Saxifraga kashmeriana
speciesSaxifraga kashmeriana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Latin Herbal
1484 · p.285
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.286
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.313
Herbarius
1485 · p.286
Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.283
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.396
Herbal of Virtues
1499 · p.285
The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.233
Garden of Health
1507 · p.320
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.192
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.281
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.764
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Saxifraga in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 55434.