Caryophyllaceae
Saxifrage pink
Petrorhagia saxifraga
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Petrorhagia
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Common names
By language (16)
- arz
- بيتروهاجيا ساكسفراجا
- Bulgarian
- Каменоломкова мантийка
- Chinese
- 外套花, 膜萼花, 洋石竹
- Czech
- Hvozdíček lomikamenovitý
- Dutch
- Kleine mantelanjer
- English
- Saxifrage pink
- Estonian
- Kivirik-kaljunelk
- German
- Felsennelke
- hsb
- Wurličkata skalnička
- Hungarian
- Kőtörő aszúszegfű
- Latvian
- Klinšu petrorāgija
- Polish
- Goździcznik skalnicowy
- Slovak
- Tunika lomikameňovitá
- Slovenian
- Navadna haljica
- Swedish
- Klippnejlika
- Welsh
- Penigan tormaen
Synonyms
- Dianthus filiformis Lam.
- Dianthus saxifragus L.
- Gypsophila arenicola Dufour
- Gypsophila asperula Dufour ex Nyman
- Gypsophila eubonensis Sibth. & Boiss.
- Gypsophila multicaulis Poir.
- Gypsophila permixta Guss.
- Gypsophila rigida L.
- Gypsophila saxifraga L.
- Gypsophila scabra Schult. ex Steud.
- Kohlrauschia saxifraga (L.) Dandy
- Petrorhagia saxifraga var. saxifraga
- Tunica saxifraga (L.) Scop.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Chrumps, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Radio Tonreg from Vienna, Austria, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yoko Nekonomania, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Björn S., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Björn S., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Björn S., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: K.vliet, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: K.vliet, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.