Saxifragaceae

White Mountain saxifrage

Saxifraga paniculata Mill.

Family: Saxifragaceae
Genus: Saxifraga

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Common names

By language (23)

Asturian: Coxellu
Bulgarian: Метлицовидна каменоломка
Chinese: 巴尔干虎耳草
Czech: Lomikámen vždyživý
Dutch: Trossteenbreek
English: White Mountain saxifrage, Livelong saxifrage
Finnish: Hopearikko
French: Saxifrage paniculée, Saxifrage Aïzoon
German: Rispen-Steinbrech, Trauben-Steinbrech, Immergrüner Steinbrech
hsb: Kitkaty rupik
Hungarian: Fürtös kőtörőfű, Buglyos kőtörőfű
Icelandic: Bergsteinbrjótur
Macedonian: Метличеста каменоломка
Norwegian Bokmål: Bergjunker
Norwegian Nynorsk: Bergjunker
Polish: Skalnica gronkowa, Saxiraga paniculata
Romanian: Iarba surzilor, Saxifragă albă
Slovak: Lomikameň metlinatý
Slovenian: Grozdasti kamnokreč
Swedish: Silverbräcka
Turkish: Beyaz dağ taşkıranı
Ukrainian: Ломикамінь волосистий
Welsh: Tormaen Paniglog

Synonyms

Chondrosea aizoon (Jacq.) Haw.
Chondrosea aizoopsis Jord. & Fourr.
Chondrosea alpicola Jord. & Fourr.
Chondrosea beugesiaca Jord. & Fourr.
Chondrosea brevicaulis Jord. & Fourr.
Chondrosea calcarea Jord. & Fourr.
Chondrosea carthusiana Jord. & Fourr.
Chondrosea cartilaginea (Willd.) Haw.
Chondrosea flexipes Jord. & Fourr.
Chondrosea glabrata Jord. & Fourr.
Chondrosea glareosa Jord. & Fourr.
Chondrosea gracilescens Jord. & Fourr.
Chondrosea laevigata Jord. & Fourr.
Chondrosea leptopetala Jord. & Fourr.
Chondrosea orophila Jord. & Fourr.
Chondrosea paniculata (Mill.) Á.Löve
Chondrosea paniculata subsp. neogaea (Butters) Á.Löve
Chondrosea patulipes Jord. & Fourr.
Chondrosea petrophila Jord. & Fourr.
Chondrosea punctillata Jord. & Fourr.
Chondrosea pusilla Jord. & Fourr.
Chondrosea refracta Jord. & Fourr.
Chondrosea rosella Jord. & Fourr.
Chondrosea rosularis Haw.
Chondrosea valida Jord. & Fourr.
Chondrosea virgata Jord. & Fourr.
Chondrosea viridula Jord. & Fourr.
Saxifraga aizoon Jacq.
Saxifraga aizoon f. frigida Butters
Saxifraga aizoon f. stabiana (Ten.) Bolzon
Saxifraga aizoon subsp. euaizoon Engl. & Irmsch.
Saxifraga aizoon subsp. laestadii Neuman
Saxifraga aizoon subsp. neogaea (Butters) Á.Löve & D.Löve
Saxifraga aizoon subvar. alpicola (Jord. & Fourr.) Engl. & Irmsch.
Saxifraga aizoon subvar. brevifolia Engl.
Saxifraga aizoon subvar. elongata Engl.
Saxifraga aizoon subvar. petrophila (Jord. & Fourr.) Engl. & Irmsch.
Saxifraga aizoon subvar. recta (Lapeyr.) Engl. & Irmsch.
Saxifraga aizoon subvar. subaffinis Engl. & Irmsch.
Saxifraga aizoon unranked balcana Farrer

and 91 more.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

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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.