Saxifragaceae
Highland saxifrage
Saxifraga rivularis
- Family
- Saxifragaceae
- Genus
- Saxifraga
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Common names
By language (10)
- Danish
- Bæk-Stenbræk
- English
- Highland saxifrage, Weak saxifrage
- Finnish
- Purorikko
- Icelandic
- Lækjasteinbrjótur
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Bekkesildre
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Bekkesildre
- Russian
- Камнеломка ручейная
- se
- Ájanárti
- Swedish
- Snöbräcka
- Welsh
- Tormaen y nentydd
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Kim Hansen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kim Hansen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kim Hansen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kim Hansen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Qaqqaqtunaaq from Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Iangpark, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification 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.