Saxifragaceae
Wedgeleaf saxifrage
Saxifraga adscendens
- Family
- Saxifragaceae
- Genus
- Saxifraga
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Common names
By language (16)
- Arabic
- كاسر الحجر الصاعد
- arz
- كاسر الحجر الصاعد
- Bulgarian
- Жлезиста каменоломка
- Czech
- Lomikámen skalní
- English
- Wedgeleaf saxifrage, Ascending saxifrage
- Estonian
- Püstkivirik
- Finnish
- Kalliorikko
- German
- Aufsteigender Steinbrech
- Hungarian
- Hegyi kőtörőfű
- Macedonian
- Придигната каменоломка
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Skåresildre
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Skoresildre
- Polish
- Skalnica dwuletnia
- Russian
- Камнеломка восходящая
- Slovenian
- Kipeči kamnokreč
- Swedish
- Klippbräcka
Synonyms
- Muscaria adscendens (L.) Small
- Saxifraga tridactylites subsp. adscendens (L.) A.Blytt
- Saxifraga tridactylites var. adscendens (L.) Bolzon
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 56 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Gabriel Mayrhofer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Emanuele Santarelli, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Emanuele Santarelli, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: rosaceae_roberts, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tait Sougstad, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Orce Wiki, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.