Saxifraga globuliferaDesf.

WFO wfo-0000493935 Accepted WFO 2026-06 6 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–f · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Saxifraga globulifera, photographed by Johannes
fig. a Johannes, CC0 1.0 / 2022-01-16 / obs. 176175054
Saxifraga globulifera, photographed by Olivier Argagnon
fig. b Olivier Argagnon, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 62619672
Saxifraga globulifera, photographed by Olivier Argagnon
fig. c Olivier Argagnon, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 62619680
Saxifraga globulifera, photographed by Olivier Argagnon
fig. d Olivier Argagnon, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 62619685
Saxifraga globulifera, photographed by Olivier Argagnon
fig. e Olivier Argagnon, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 62619690
Saxifraga globulifera, photographed by Olivier Argagnon
fig. f Olivier Argagnon, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 62619639

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Native range 3 botanical countries

Regions where Saxifraga globulifera is native: Algeria, Morocco, Spain AlgeriaMoroccoSpain
Native distribution of Saxifraga globulifera, 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
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Morocco MOR
Spain SPA EUROPE

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 32 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.

  • Antiphylla spathulata (Desf.) Haw.
  • Saxifraga gibraltarica (Ser.) Boiss. & Reut.
  • Saxifraga globulifera f. coronata (Emb. & Maire) Maire
  • Saxifraga globulifera f. divaricata (Pau) Maire
  • Saxifraga globulifera f. villigremma (Maire) Maire
  • Saxifraga globulifera subsp. granatensis (Boiss. & Reut.) Rivas Mart., A.Asensi, Molero Mesa & F.Valle
  • Saxifraga globulifera subsp. oranensis (Munby) Batt.
  • Saxifraga globulifera subsp. spathulata (Desf.) Batt.
  • Saxifraga globulifera subvar. glandulosissima (Maire & Wilczek) Maire
  • Saxifraga globulifera subvar. jahandiezii Litard. & Luizet
  • Saxifraga globulifera var. acutiloba Pau
  • Saxifraga globulifera var. coronata Emb. & Maire
  • Saxifraga globulifera var. divaricata Pau
  • Saxifraga globulifera var. fontanesiana Engl. & Irmsch.
  • Saxifraga globulifera var. gibraltarica Ser.
  • Saxifraga globulifera var. glandulosissima Maire & Wilczek
  • Saxifraga globulifera var. granatensis (Boiss. & Reut.) Engl. & Irmsch.
  • Saxifraga globulifera var. integrifolia A.Pons & Quézel
  • Saxifraga globulifera var. minuscula (Pau & Font Quer) Emb. & Maire
  • Saxifraga globulifera var. oranensis (Munby) Engl.
  • Saxifraga globulifera var. oscillans (Pau) Maire
  • Saxifraga globulifera var. pseudogranatensis Humbert & Maire
  • Saxifraga globulifera var. riphaea (Pau) Maire
  • Saxifraga globulifera var. spathulata (Desf.) Regel

and 8 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. 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.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.