Saxifragaceae
Yellow mountain saxifrage
Saxifraga aizoides
- Family
- Saxifragaceae
- Genus
- Saxifraga
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Common names
By language (11)
- Dutch
- Gele bergsteenbreek
- English
- Yellow mountain saxifrage, Yellow (Mountain) Saxifrage
- Finnish
- Kultarikko
- French
- Saxifrage faux Orpin
- German
- Fetthennen-Steinbrech, Bach-Steinbrech, Bewimperter Steinbrech, Fetthennensteinbrech, Quell-Steinbrech
- hsb
- Seršćikaty rupik
- Polish
- Skalnica nakrapiana
- Russian
- Камнеломка жестколистная
- se
- Gollenárti
- Slovenian
- Vednozeleni kamnokreč
- Swedish
- Gullbräcka
Synonyms
- Evaiezoa aizoides (L.) Raf.
- Leptasea aizoides (L.) Haw.
- Leptasea aizoides f. crocea (Gaudin) Moldenke
- Leptasea vanbruntiae Small
- Muscaria crocea (Gaudin) Haw.
- Saxifraga aizoidea St.-Lag.
- Saxifraga aizoides f. aurantiaca Sternb.
- Saxifraga aizoides f. flava Engl. & Irmsch.
- Saxifraga aizoides f. pallida Sternb.
- Saxifraga aizoides subf. bruntiae Engl. & Irmsch.
- Saxifraga aizoides var. aurantia Hartm.
- Saxifraga aizoides var. crocea Gaudin
- Saxifraga aizoides var. euaizoides Engl. & Irmsch.
- Saxifraga aizoidoides Miégev.
- Saxifraga alpina Salisb.
- Saxifraga atrorubens Bertol.
- Saxifraga autumnalis Jacq.
- Saxifraga crocea Gaudin
- Saxifraga vanbruntiae Small
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Tigerente, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrea Schieber from München, Deutschland, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vojtěch Zavadil, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Reinhold Möller Ermell, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Reinhold Möller Ermell, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stephan Sprinz, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stephan Sprinz, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stephan Sprinz, CC BY 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.