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Saxifraga bicuspidata

Saxifraga bicuspidata
Photo: Joseph Dalton Hooker, Public domain

Saxifraga bicuspidata is a small perennial subshrub from the subalpine and subarctic highlands of southern Chile and Argentina, grown mainly by alpine enthusiasts. It needs cool, well-drained conditions and does poorly in heat and humid lowland gardens.

Family
Saxifragaceae (Saxifrag family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Part shade, Full sun
Water
Water regularly in growth but let the top of the mix dry slightly; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Gritty, free-draining alpine mix with added grit or scoria.
Temperature
5–20 °C; tolerates hard frost but suffers in prolonged heat above 25 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. Chile to S. Argentina
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

About

Saxifraga bicuspidata is a species of flowering plant in the family Saxifragaceae. It is a perennial herb native to southern Chile and Argentina. In Chile, it is distributed between the Los Lagos and Magallanes regions.

Other Saxifraga plants

Yellow mountain saxifrage · Garden Mossy Saxifrage · Saxifraga aspera · Spiny Leaf Saxifrage · Yellowdot saxifrage · Mossy Saxifrage · Saxifraga burseriana · Thick Leaved Saxifrage · Saxifraga candelabrum · Nodding saxifrage · Tufted saxifrage · Saxifraga cochlearis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Saxifraga bicuspidata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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