Saxifraga cernuaL.

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WFO wfo-0000494897 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Saxifraga cernua, photographed by Piotr Lukasik
fig. a Piotr Lukasik, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-07-19 / obs. 147295790
Saxifraga cernua, photographed by nina_nesterova
fig. b nina_nesterova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 143534168
Saxifraga cernua, photographed by Cecelia Alexander
fig. c Cecelia Alexander, CC0 1.0 / obs. 145646603
Saxifraga cernua, photographed by Spencer Quayle
fig. d Spencer Quayle, CC0 1.0 / obs. 138265553
Saxifraga cernua, photographed by Nolan Exe
fig. e Nolan Exe, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 91174045
Saxifraga cernua, photographed by Jason Grant
fig. f Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 44157833
Saxifraga cernua, photographed by Rose Zappa
fig. g Rose Zappa, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 23197991
Saxifraga cernua, photographed by Paul Prior
fig. h Paul Prior, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 2124151

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Native range 65 botanical countries

Regions where Saxifraga cernua is native: Altay, Amur, Buryatiya, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia, Primorye, Qinghai, Sakhalin, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Tuva, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, West Himalaya, Austria, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, Finland, France, Great Britain, Iceland, Italy, North European Russia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Colorado, Greenland, Idaho, Labrador, Manitoba, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Québec, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, Yukon AltayAmurBuryatiyaChina North-CentralChina South-CentralChitaInner MongoliaIrkutskJapanKamchatkaKazakhstanKhabarovskKirgizstanKrasnoyarskMagadanManchuriaMongoliaPrimoryeQinghaiSakhalinTadzhikistanTibetTuvaWest SiberiaXinjiangYakutiyaWest HimalayaAustriaCzechia-SlovakiaEast European RussiaFinlandFranceIcelandItalyNorth European RussiaNorwayPolandRomaniaSvalbardSwedenSwitzerlandAlaskaAlbertaBritish ColumbiaColoradoGreenlandIdahoLabradorManitobaMinnesotaMontanaNevadaNew HampshireNew MexicoNorthwest TerritoriesNunavutOntarioQuébecSouth DakotaUtahWashingtonWyomingYukon Korea
Native distribution of Saxifraga cernua, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Amur AMU
Buryatiya BRY
China North-Central CHN
China South-Central CHC
Chita CTA
Inner Mongolia CHI
Irkutsk IRK
Japan JAP
Kamchatka KAM
Kazakhstan KAZ
Khabarovsk KHA
Kirgizstan KGZ
Korea KOR
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Magadan MAG
Manchuria CHM
Mongolia MON
Primorye PRM
Qinghai CHQ
Sakhalin SAK
Tadzhikistan TZK
Tibet CHT
Tuva TVA
West Siberia WSB
Xinjiang CHX
Yakutiya YAK
Alaska ASK NORTHERN AMERICA
Alberta ABT
British Columbia BRC
Colorado COL
Greenland GNL
Idaho IDA
Labrador LAB
Manitoba MAN
Minnesota MIN
Montana MNT
Nevada NEV
New Hampshire NWH
New Mexico NWM
Northwest Territories NWT
Nunavut NUN
Ontario ONT
Québec QUE
South Dakota SDA
Utah UTA
Washington WAS
Wyoming WYO
Yukon YUK
Austria AUT EUROPE
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
East European Russia RUE
Finland FIN
France FRA
Great Britain GRB
Iceland ICE
Italy ITA
North European Russia RUN
Norway NOR
Poland POL
Romania ROM
Svalbard SVA
Sweden SWE
Switzerland SWI
West Himalaya WHM ASIA-TROPICAL

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.

Flowering 181 in flower of 225 examined

Peak flowering in Jul. Each bar is the share of Saxifraga cernua observations in which someone actually recorded the reproductive state and found the plant in flower, not the raw number of flowering records. That distinction matters: people observe plants far more in spring than in winter, so a bare count of flowering records partly measures when people go outside. Dividing by the number examined removes that. 181 of 225 examined observations were in flower, every one of them research grade. The whisker on each bar is a 95% Wilson interval. 9 months have fewer than 5 examined observations, so no proportion is drawn for them. This is still a global aggregate and not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres. Where a species has fewer than 30 flowering records we do not draw this chart at all. Computed from 10.15468/dl.cgje2x.

Also published as 15 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.

  • Lobaria cernua (L.) Haw.
  • Miscopetalum cernuum (L.) Gray
  • Saxifraga cernua f. bulbillosa Engl. & Irmsch.
  • Saxifraga cernua f. cryptopetala Rosenv.
  • Saxifraga cernua f. exilioides (Polunin) Scoggan
  • Saxifraga cernua f. latibracteata (Fernald & Weath.) Polunin
  • Saxifraga cernua f. phyllomana Porsild ex Engl. & Irmsch.
  • Saxifraga cernua f. ramosa J.G.Gmel.
  • Saxifraga cernua var. exilioides Polunin
  • Saxifraga cernua var. genuina Abrom.
  • Saxifraga cernua var. humilis Lange
  • Saxifraga cernua var. latibracteata Fernald & Weath.
  • Saxifraga cernua var. linnaeana Ser.
  • Saxifraga cernua var. simplicissima Ledeb.
  • Saxifraga simulata 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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