Saxifragaceae
Purple mountain saxifrage
Saxifraga oppositifolia
- Family
- Saxifragaceae
- Genus
- Saxifraga
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Common names
By language (24)
- arz
- ساكسيفراجا متقابله
- Bulgarian
- Арктична каменоломка
- Chinese
- 挪威虎耳草
- Czech
- Lomikámen vstřícnolistý
- Danish
- Purpur-Stenbræk, Lilla stenbræk, Purpurstenbræk
- Dutch
- Zuiltjessteenbreek
- English
- Purple mountain saxifrage
- Finnish
- Sinirikko
- French
- Saxifrage à feuilles opposées, Saxifrage a feuilles opposees, Saxifrage amphibie
- German
- Gegenblättriger Steinbrech, Roter Steinbrech, Gegenblättrige Steinbrech
- hsb
- Pisany rupik
- Icelandic
- Vetrarblóm
- Japanese
- ムラサキユキノシタ, サキシフラガ・オポシティフォリア
- Macedonian
- Спротивнолисна каменоломка
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Rødsildre
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Raudsildre, Rødsildre, Saxífraga oppositifólia
- Polish
- Skalnica naprzeciwlistna
- Russian
- Камнеломка супротивнолистная, Супротивнолистная камнеломка
- se
- Alitnárti, Giđđaboallu
- Serbian
- Пузава камењарка
- Slovak
- Lomikameň protistojnolistý
- Slovenian
- Nasprotnolistni kamnokreč
- Swedish
- Purpurbräcka
- Ukrainian
- Ломикамінь супротивнолистий
Synonyms
- Antiphylla oppositifolia (L.) Fourr.
- Evaiezoa oppositifolia (L.) Raf.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to July (from 2,117 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: Karsten Rohweder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: John Brew, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: John Brew, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Fabien Anthelme, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan Brending, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mirko Ubović, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan Brending, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan Brending, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Emanuele Santarelli, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: aroche, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Fabien Anthelme, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.