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Encrusted Saxifrage

Saxifraga crustata

Encrusted Saxifrage
Photo: Benjamin Zwittnig, CC BY 2.5 si
Family
Saxifragaceae (Saxifrag family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
E. Alps to NW. Balkan Pen.
Climate
temperate

About

Saxifraga crustata, the crusted-leaved saxifraga and silver saxifrage, as well as encrusted saxifrage, is an evergreen perennial plant species in the family Saxifragaceae, native to the Eastern Alps. This species was described by Austrian botanist Lorenz Chrysanth von Vest in 1804.

Where it grows

Saxifraga crustata occurs in the European Alps, including in Slovenia, Austria, Croatia and Italy. Populations of this plant species are found in the Dolomites and the Dinarides, ranging from Slovenia to Montenegro. In Slovenia Saxifraga crustata is a relatively common plant species that grows in the Alps, as well as Trnovo Forest Plateau and the Snežnik mountain plateau.

Other Saxifraga plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Saxifraga crustata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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