Saxifragaceae

Tufted saxifrage

Saxifraga cespitosa L.

Family: Saxifragaceae
Genus: Saxifraga

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Tufted saxifrage (Saxifraga cespitosa) — FlowerPhoto: Ingvild Riska, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (13)

arz: ساكسيفراجا سيسبيتوسا
Chinese: 贝叶虎耳草
Danish: Tue-stenbræk
English: Tufted saxifrage, Saxifraga cespitosa, s. groenlandica, South Greenlandic tufted saxifrage
Finnish: Mätäsrikko
German: Polstersteinbrech
Icelandic: Þúfusteinbrjótur
Norwegian Bokmål: Tuesildre
Norwegian Nynorsk: Tuvesildre
Russian: Камнеломка дернистая
se: Miektanárti
Swedish: Tuvbräcka
Welsh: Tormaen siobynnog

Synonyms

Dactyloides caespitosa (L.) Nieuwl.
Evaiezoa cespitosa (L.) Raf.
Evaiezoa sileneflora Raf.
Evaiezoa venosa Raf.
Muscaria cespitosa (L.) Haw.
Muscaria cespitosa subsp. exaratioides (Simmons) Á.Löve & D.Löve
Muscaria cespitosa subsp. laxiuscula (Engl. & Irmsch.) Á.Löve
Muscaria delicatula Small
Muscaria emarginata Small
Muscaria micropetala Small
Muscaria monticola Small
Muscaria sileneflora (Sternb. ex Cham.) Small
Saxifraga cespitosa f. ciliata Regel
Saxifraga cespitosa f. compacta Engl. & Irmsch.
Saxifraga cespitosa f. eupalmata Engl. & Irmsch.
Saxifraga cespitosa f. glabra Regel
Saxifraga cespitosa f. laxiuscula Engl. & Irmsch.
Saxifraga cespitosa f. multiflora Calder
Saxifraga cespitosa f. pilosa Regel
Saxifraga cespitosa f. villosa Regel
Saxifraga cespitosa subsp. delicatula (Small) A.E.Porsild
Saxifraga cespitosa subsp. exaratioides (Simmons) Engl. & Irmsch.
Saxifraga cespitosa subsp. gemmifera Engl. & Irmsch.
Saxifraga cespitosa subsp. laxiuscula (Engl. & Irmsch.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
Saxifraga cespitosa subsp. legitima Gaudin
Saxifraga cespitosa subsp. monticola (Small) A.E.Porsild
Saxifraga cespitosa subsp. sileneflora (Sternb. ex Cham.) Hultén
Saxifraga cespitosa subsp. subgemmifera Engl. & Irmsch.
Saxifraga cespitosa subsp. uniflora (R.Br.) A.E.Porsild
Saxifraga cespitosa subvar. elatior Wedd.
Saxifraga cespitosa var. atrorubens Murith
Saxifraga cespitosa var. brachyphylla Wedd.
Saxifraga cespitosa var. cryptopetala Berlin
Saxifraga cespitosa var. delicatula (Small) Engl. & Irmsch.
Saxifraga cespitosa var. drummondii Engl. & Irmsch.
Saxifraga cespitosa var. emarginata (Small) Rosend.
Saxifraga cespitosa var. grandiflora Regel
Saxifraga cespitosa var. groenlandica (L.) Wahlenb.
Saxifraga cespitosa var. latifolia Regel
Saxifraga cespitosa var. laxa Regel

and 33 more.

Flowers

In flower: June to August (from 403 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Ingvild Riska, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Philip Precey, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Todd Boland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Nathan Earley, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ingvild Riska, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Алексей Логинов, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Bjoertvedt, 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). About our plant data.