Saxifraga aizoidesL.

Yellow (Mountain) Saxifrageyellow mountain saxifrage

WFO wfo-0000493868 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Saxifraga aizoides, photographed by CorentinD
fig. a CorentinD, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-14 / obs. 208074576
Saxifraga aizoides, photographed by Jochen Essig
fig. b Jochen Essig, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204822336
Saxifraga aizoides, photographed by Bastien Alegot
fig. c Bastien Alegot, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 190376007
Saxifraga aizoides, photographed by judybaxter
fig. d judybaxter, CC0 1.0 / obs. 159638260
Saxifraga aizoides, photographed by Jens-Christian Svenning
fig. e Jens-Christian Svenning, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 159034579
Saxifraga aizoides, photographed by Sandra Cellina
fig. f Sandra Cellina, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 156131557
Saxifraga aizoides, photographed by Jan Vršovský
fig. g Jan Vršovský, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 156309799
Saxifraga aizoides, photographed by Gergely Nigg
fig. h Gergely Nigg, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 156320119

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Native range 39 botanical countries

Regions where Saxifraga aizoides is native: West Siberia, Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechia-Slovakia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, North European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, Spain, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Greenland, Labrador, Manitoba, Michigan, New York, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Québec, Vermont, Yukon West SiberiaAlbaniaAustriaBulgariaCzechia-SlovakiaFinlandFranceGermanyGreeceIcelandIrelandItalyNorth European RussiaNorwayNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSpainSvalbardSwedenSwitzerlandUkraineAlaskaAlbertaBritish ColumbiaGreenlandLabradorManitobaMichiganNew YorkNewfoundlandNorthwest TerritoriesNova ScotiaNunavutOntarioQuébecVermontYukon
Native distribution of Saxifraga aizoides, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Bulgaria BUL
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
Finland FIN
France FRA
Germany GER
Great Britain GRB
Greece GRC
Iceland ICE
Ireland IRE
Italy ITA
North European Russia RUN
Norway NOR
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
Spain SPA
Svalbard SVA
Sweden SWE
Switzerland SWI
Ukraine UKR
Alaska ASK NORTHERN AMERICA
Alberta ABT
British Columbia BRC
Greenland GNL
Labrador LAB
Manitoba MAN
Michigan MIC
New York NWY
Newfoundland NFL
Northwest Territories NWT
Nova Scotia NSC
Nunavut NUN
Ontario ONT
Québec QUE
Vermont VER
Yukon YUK
West Siberia WSB ASIA-TEMPERATE

Not drawn on the map: Great Britain. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 19 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Evaiezoa aizoides (L.) Raf.
  • Leptasea aizoides (L.) Haw.
  • Leptasea aizoides f. crocea (Gaudin) Moldenke
  • Leptasea vanbruntiae Small
  • Muscaria crocea (Gaudin) Haw.
  • Saxifraga aizoidea St.-Lag.
  • Saxifraga aizoides f. aurantiaca Sternb.
  • Saxifraga aizoides f. flava Engl. & Irmsch.
  • Saxifraga aizoides f. pallida Sternb.
  • Saxifraga aizoides subf. bruntiae Engl. & Irmsch.
  • Saxifraga aizoides var. aurantia Hartm.
  • Saxifraga aizoides var. crocea Gaudin
  • Saxifraga aizoides var. euaizoides Engl. & Irmsch.
  • Saxifraga aizoidoides Miégev.
  • Saxifraga alpina Salisb.
  • Saxifraga atrorubens Bertol.
  • Saxifraga autumnalis Jacq.
  • Saxifraga crocea Gaudin
  • Saxifraga vanbruntiae Small

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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