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Svalbard Saxifrage

Saxifraga svalbardensis

Family
Saxifragaceae (Saxifrag family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Svalbard
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

About

Saxifraga svalbardensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Saxifragaceae, endemic to Svalbard. It arose, probably after the end of the last ice age, as a hybrid between Saxifraga rivularis (the seed parent) and S. cernua (the pollen parent).

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 svalbardensis 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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