Saxifraga aizoides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Saxifragales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Saxifragales

Familia: Saxifragaceae
Tribus: Saxifrageae
Genus: Saxifraga
Sectio: Saxifraga sect. Porphyrion
Subsectio: Saxifraga subsect. Mutatae
Species: Saxifraga aizoides

Name

Saxifraga aizoides L., Sp. Pl. 1: 403 (1753).

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Evaiezoa aizoides (L.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 70 (1837).
- Leptasea aizoides (L.) Haw., Saxifrag. Enum. 1: 40 (1821).
- Saxifraga aizoides var. euaizoides Engl. & Irmsch. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 117: 467 (1919), not validly publ.
- Saxifraga alpina Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 306 (1796), nom. superfl.
Heterotypic
- Leptasea aizoides f. crocea (Gaudin) Moldenke, Lloydia 13: 223 (1950).
- Leptasea vanbruntiae (Small) Small in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 22: 153 (1905).
- Muscaria crocea (Gaudin) Haw., Saxifrag. Enum. 1: 38 (1821).
- Saxifraga aizoidea St.-Lag., Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 134 (1880), orth. var.
- Saxifraga aizoides var. aurantia Hartm., Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 1818: 159 (1818).
- Saxifraga aizoides f. aurantiaca Sternb., Revis. Saxifrag., Suppl. 2: 27 (1831).
- Saxifraga aizoides subf. bruntiae Engl. & Irmsch. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 117: 468 (1919).
- Saxifraga aizoides var. crocea Gaudin, Fl. Helv. 3: 102 (1828).
- Saxifraga aizoides f. flava Engl. & Irmsch. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 117: 468 (1919).
- Saxifraga aizoides f. pallida Sternb. in Revis. Saxifrag., Suppl. 2: 27 (1831).
- Saxifraga aizoidoides Miégev., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 12: 22 (1865).
- Saxifraga atrorubens Bertol., J. Bot. Agric. 2: 76 (1813).
- Saxifraga autumnalis Jacq., Observ. Bot. 1: 31 (1764), nom. illeg.
- Saxifraga crocea Gaudin, Nat. Anz. Schweiz. Ges. 1: 69 (1818).
- Saxifraga vanbruntiae Small, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 316 (1898).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Europe
- Eastern Europe
  - North European Russia, Ukraine.
- Middle Europe
  - Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Poland, Switzerland.
Asia-Temperate
- Siberia
  - West Siberia.
- Northern Europe
  - Finland, Great Britain, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Svalbard, Sweden.
- Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Yugoslavia.
- Southwestern Europe
  - France, Spain.
Northern America
- Eastern Canada
  - Labrador, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec.
- Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Michigan, New York, Vermont.
- Subarctic America
  - Alaska, Greenland, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon.
- Western Canada
  - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 403. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Saxifraga aizoides in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Apr 4. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Saxifraga aizoides. Published online. Accessed: 4 Apr 2025. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Saxifraga aizoides. Accessed: 4 Apr 2025.
Hassler, M. 2025. Saxifraga aizoides. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2025. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Apr 4. Reference page.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Fetthennen-Steinbrech
English: Yellow (Mountain) Saxifrage
suomi: Kultarikko
français: Saxifrage faux Orpin
hornjoserbsce: Seršćikaty rupik
Nederlands: Gele bergsteenbreek
polski: Skalnica nakrapiana
davvisámegiella: Gollenárti
svenska: Gullbräcka