Saxifragaceae
Nodding saxifrage
Saxifraga cernua
- Family
- Saxifragaceae
- Genus
- Saxifraga
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Common names
By language (16)
- arz
- ساكسيفراجا سيرنو
- Chinese
- 零余虎耳草, 点头虎耳草, 黑虎耳草
- Czech
- Lomikámen nicí
- Danish
- Knop-Stenbræk
- Dutch
- Knikkende steenbreek
- English
- Nodding saxifrage, Bulblet saxifrage, Drooping saxifrage
- Finnish
- Nuokkurikko
- German
- Nickender Steinbrech
- Icelandic
- Laukasteinbrjótur
- Japanese
- ムカゴユキノシタ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Knoppsildre
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Knoppsildre
- Polish
- Skalnica zwisła
- Russian
- Камнеломка поникающая
- Swedish
- Knoppbräcka
- Welsh
- Tormaen pendrwm
Synonyms
- Lobaria cernua (L.) Haw.
- Miscopetalum cernuum (L.) Gray
- Saxifraga cernua f. bulbillosa Engl. & Irmsch.
- Saxifraga cernua f. cryptopetala Rosenv.
- Saxifraga cernua f. exilioides (Polunin) Scoggan
- Saxifraga cernua f. latibracteata (Fernald & Weath.) Polunin
- Saxifraga cernua f. phyllomana Porsild ex Engl. & Irmsch.
- Saxifraga cernua f. ramosa J.G.Gmel.
- Saxifraga cernua var. exilioides Polunin
- Saxifraga cernua var. genuina Abrom.
- Saxifraga cernua var. humilis Lange
- Saxifraga cernua var. latibracteata Fernald & Weath.
- Saxifraga cernua var. linnaeana Ser.
- Saxifraga cernua var. simplicissima Ledeb.
- Saxifraga simulata Small
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Ingvild Riska, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ingvild Riska, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ingvild Riska, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andreas Schneider, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Karsten Rohweder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ansgar Walk, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ingvild Riska, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kim Hansen, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ingvild Riska, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kim Hansen, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kim Hansen, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.