Saxifraga flagellarisWilld. ex Sternb.

whiplash saxifrage

WFO wfo-0000494161 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Saxifraga flagellaris, photographed by Cecelia Alexander
fig. a Cecelia Alexander, CC0 1.0 / 2021-07-11 / obs. 145646667
Saxifraga flagellaris, photographed by Екатерина Кропочева
fig. b Екатерина Кропочева, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 50359893
Saxifraga flagellaris, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. c Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 49076939
Saxifraga flagellaris, photographed by Allan Harris
fig. d Allan Harris, CC0 1.0 / obs. 20811516
Saxifraga flagellaris, photographed by Sheelagh Halsey
fig. e Sheelagh Halsey, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 53721633
Saxifraga flagellaris, photographed by Syd Cannings
fig. f Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 25293954
Saxifraga flagellaris, photographed by Tuoichen
fig. g Tuoichen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 7622026
Saxifraga flagellaris, photographed by Louis Imbeau
fig. h Louis Imbeau, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 176027818

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Native range 27 botanical countries

Regions where Saxifraga flagellaris is native: Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Kamchatka, Krasnoyarsk, Magadan, Mongolia, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Tuva, Yakutiya, North European Russia, Svalbard, Alaska, Alberta, Arizona, British Columbia, Colorado, Greenland, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Utah, Wyoming, Yukon BuryatiyaChitaIrkutskKamchatkaKrasnoyarskMagadanMongoliaNorth CaucasusTranscaucasusTuvaYakutiyaNorth European RussiaSvalbardAlaskaAlbertaArizonaBritish ColumbiaColoradoGreenlandIdahoMontanaNew MexicoNorthwest TerritoriesNunavutUtahWyomingYukon
Native distribution of Saxifraga flagellaris, 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
Arizona ARI
British Columbia BRC
Colorado COL
Greenland GNL
Idaho IDA
Montana MNT
New Mexico NWM
Northwest Territories NWT
Nunavut NUN
Utah UTA
Wyoming WYO
Yukon YUK
Buryatiya BRY ASIA-TEMPERATE
Chita CTA
Irkutsk IRK
Kamchatka KAM
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Magadan MAG
Mongolia MON
North Caucasus NCS
Transcaucasus TCS
Tuva TVA
Yakutiya YAK
North European Russia RUN EUROPE
Svalbard SVA

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 24 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.

  • Hirculus flagellaris Haw.
  • Hirculus platysepalus (Trautv.) W.A.Weber
  • Hirculus platysepalus subsp. crandallii (Gand.) W.A.Weber
  • Leptasea flagellaris Small
  • Saxifraga aciculata Royle
  • Saxifraga aspera M.Bieb.
  • Saxifraga aurea Jacquem. ex C.B.Clarke
  • Saxifraga crandallii Gand.
  • Saxifraga filamentosa Cham. ex Ser.
  • Saxifraga flagellaris f. alta Engl. & Irmsch.
  • Saxifraga flagellaris f. humilis Engl. & Irmsch.
  • Saxifraga flagellaris f. major Engl. & Irmsch.
  • Saxifraga flagellaris f. minor Engl. & Irmsch.
  • Saxifraga flagellaris f. pauciflora Engl. & Irmsch.
  • Saxifraga flagellaris f. uniflora Engl. & Irmsch.
  • Saxifraga flagellaris subsp. euflagellaris Engl. & Irmsch.
  • Saxifraga flagellaris var. crandallii (Gand.) Dorn
  • Saxifraga flagellaris var. platysepala Trautv.
  • Saxifraga myosotifolia Pall. ex Spreng.
  • Saxifraga platysepala (Trautv.) Tolm.
  • Saxifraga platysepala subsp. crandallii (Gand.) Tolm. ex Á.Löve, D.Löve & B.M.Kapoor
  • Saxifraga radicans Jacquem. ex C.B.Clarke
  • Saxifraga setigera Pursh
  • Saxifraga sobolifera Adams

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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