Saxifrage, rockfoil

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Saxifraga juniperifolia Credit: Tatyana Shulkina

A large genus of about 300-370 species depending on classification. In the FSU about 130 species, mostly in the Arctic and the Caucasus. Many are well-known garden plants. They are very desirable because of their life-forms.

Some other new species have been investigated, among them the following.

• S. subverticillata Boiss.
• S. scleropoda Sommier et Levier.

Both species well suited to the rock garden. Z 5 (4). New.

Lower Taxa

• Saxifraga juniperifolia Adams
• Saxifraga sachalinensis F. Schmidt
• Saxifraga scleropoda Sommier et Levier.
• Saxifraga subverticillata Boiss.