Saxifraga cespitosaL.

Tufted saxifrage

WFO wfo-0000494839 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Saxifraga cespitosa, photographed by Ida B D Jacobsen
fig. a Ida B D Jacobsen, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-29 / obs. 201853869
Saxifraga cespitosa, photographed by John Brew
fig. b John Brew, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 146143008
Saxifraga cespitosa, photographed by Piotr Lukasik
fig. c Piotr Lukasik, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 147287625
Saxifraga cespitosa, photographed by Tero Linjama
fig. d Tero Linjama, CC0 1.0 / obs. 141383562
Saxifraga cespitosa, photographed by Kieran Hanrahan
fig. e Kieran Hanrahan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 137784688
Saxifraga cespitosa, photographed by Randal
fig. f Randal, CC0 1.0 / obs. 122959828
Saxifraga cespitosa, photographed by Nolan Exe
fig. g Nolan Exe, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 84221968
Saxifraga cespitosa, photographed by John Brew
fig. h John Brew, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 54226718

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Native range 39 botanical countries

Regions where Saxifraga cespitosa is native: Kamchatka, Krasnoyarsk, Magadan, West Siberia, Yakutiya, East European Russia, Finland, Great Britain, Iceland, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Svalbard, Sweden, Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Greenland, Idaho, Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Oregon, Québec, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, Yukon KamchatkaKrasnoyarskMagadanWest SiberiaYakutiyaEast European RussiaFinlandIcelandNorth European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaNorwaySvalbardSwedenAlaskaAlbertaArizonaBritish ColumbiaCaliforniaColoradoGreenlandIdahoLabradorMaineManitobaMontanaNevadaNew MexicoNewfoundlandNorthwest TerritoriesNunavutOntarioOregonQuébecUtahWashingtonWyomingYukon
Native distribution of Saxifraga cespitosa, 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
Alaska ASK NORTHERN AMERICA
Alberta ABT
Aleutian Is. ALU
Arizona ARI
British Columbia BRC
California CAL
Colorado COL
Greenland GNL
Idaho IDA
Labrador LAB
Maine MAI
Manitoba MAN
Montana MNT
Nevada NEV
New Mexico NWM
Newfoundland NFL
Northwest Territories NWT
Nunavut NUN
Ontario ONT
Oregon ORE
Québec QUE
Utah UTA
Washington WAS
Wyoming WYO
Yukon YUK
East European Russia RUE EUROPE
Finland FIN
Great Britain GRB
Iceland ICE
North European Russia RUN
Northwest European Russia RUW
Norway NOR
Svalbard SVA
Sweden SWE
Kamchatka KAM ASIA-TEMPERATE
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Magadan MAG
West Siberia WSB
Yakutiya YAK

Not drawn on the map: Great Britain, Aleutian Is.. We hold no public-domain boundary for these regions, so they are 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 73 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.

  • Dactyloides caespitosa (L.) Nieuwl.
  • Evaiezoa cespitosa (L.) Raf.
  • Evaiezoa sileneflora Raf.
  • Evaiezoa venosa Raf.
  • Muscaria cespitosa (L.) Haw.
  • Muscaria cespitosa subsp. exaratioides (Simmons) Á.Löve & D.Löve
  • Muscaria cespitosa subsp. laxiuscula (Engl. & Irmsch.) Á.Löve
  • Muscaria delicatula Small
  • Muscaria emarginata Small
  • Muscaria micropetala Small
  • Muscaria monticola Small
  • Muscaria sileneflora (Sternb. ex Cham.) Small
  • Saxifraga cespitosa f. ciliata Regel
  • Saxifraga cespitosa f. compacta Engl. & Irmsch.
  • Saxifraga cespitosa f. eupalmata Engl. & Irmsch.
  • Saxifraga cespitosa f. glabra Regel
  • Saxifraga cespitosa f. laxiuscula Engl. & Irmsch.
  • Saxifraga cespitosa f. multiflora Calder
  • Saxifraga cespitosa f. pilosa Regel
  • Saxifraga cespitosa f. villosa Regel
  • Saxifraga cespitosa subsp. delicatula (Small) A.E.Porsild
  • Saxifraga cespitosa subsp. exaratioides (Simmons) Engl. & Irmsch.
  • Saxifraga cespitosa subsp. gemmifera Engl. & Irmsch.
  • Saxifraga cespitosa subsp. laxiuscula (Engl. & Irmsch.) Á.Löve & D.Löve

and 49 more.

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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