Saxifragaceae
Yellow marsh saxifrage
Saxifraga hirculus
- Family
- Saxifragaceae
- Genus
- Saxifraga
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Common names
By language (24)
- Arabic
- كاسر الحجر الألاسكي
- Belarusian
- Каменяломнік балотны
- Bulgarian
- Блатна каменоломка
- Chinese
- 山羊臭虎耳草
- Czech
- Lomikámen bažinný
- Danish
- Gul stenbræk
- Dutch
- Bokjessteenbreek
- English
- Yellow marsh saxifrage, Bog saxifrage, Marsh saxifrage
- Estonian
- Kollane kivirik
- Finnish
- Lettorikko
- French
- Saxifrage bouc, saxifrage dorée, Saxifrage Oeil de Bouc
- German
- Moor-Steinbrech, Goldblumiger Steinbrech
- hsb
- Łuhowy rupik
- Icelandic
- Gullbrá
- Kazakh
- Батпақ тасжарғаны
- Latvian
- Dzeltenā akmeņlauzīte
- Lithuanian
- Pelkinė uolaskėlė
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Myrsildre
- Polish
- Skalnica torfowiskowa
- Russian
- Камнеломка болотная, Камнеломка козлик
- Swedish
- Myrbräcka
- Ukrainian
- Ломикамінь болотний, Ломикамінь болотяний
- Uzbek
- Botqoq toshyorari
- Welsh
- Tormaen melyn y gors
Synonyms
- Hirculus propinquus (R.Br.) Haw.
- Hirculus prorepens (Sternb.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Hirculus punctatus Raf.
- Hirculus ranunculoides Haw.
- Kingstonia guttata Gray
- Leptasea alaskana Small
- Leptasea hirculus (L.) Small
- Saxifraga aizoides var. autumnalis (L.) Nyman
- Saxifraga alaskana (Small) Fedde
- Saxifraga autumnalis L.
- Saxifraga flava Lam.
- Saxifraga hirculus f. humilis Engl. & Irmsch.
- Saxifraga hirculus f. intermedia Engl. & Irmsch.
- Saxifraga hirculus f. major Engl. & Irmsch.
- Saxifraga hirculus subsp. coloradensis Hedberg
- Saxifraga hirculus subsp. compacta Hedberg
- Saxifraga hirculus subsp. propinqua (R.Br.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Saxifraga hirculus var. humilis (Engl. & Irmsch.) H.Chuang
- Saxifraga hirculus var. major (Engl. & Irmsch.) J.T.Pan
- Saxifraga hirculus var. propinqua (R.Br.) Simmons
- Saxifraga hirculus var. typica C.B.Clarke
- Saxifraga hirculus var. uniflora Sternb.
- Saxifraga lanuginosa Jacquent. ex Decne.
- Saxifraga lutea Gilib.
- Saxifraga nutans Adams
- Saxifraga palustris Salisb.
- Saxifraga propinqua R.Br.
- Saxifraga prorepens Fisch. ex Sternb.
- Saxifraga reflexa St.-Lag.
Flowers
- In flower
- July to August (from 284 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Philip Precey, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Rodion Andreev, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andrejus Gaidamavičius, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alan Weakley, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wolfgang Sauber, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ansgar Walk, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Алексей Ябс, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nathan Earley, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Grzegorz Grzejszczak, CC BY-SA 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.