Saxifraga hirculusL.

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WFO wfo-0000493941 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Saxifraga hirculus, photographed by Donald Davesne
fig. a Donald Davesne, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-07-31 / obs. 156707950
Saxifraga hirculus, photographed by Jason Grant
fig. b Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 146767108
Saxifraga hirculus, photographed by nina_nesterova
fig. c nina_nesterova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 160706482
Saxifraga hirculus, photographed by nina_nesterova
fig. d nina_nesterova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 160640211
Saxifraga hirculus, photographed by Eric Lamb
fig. e Eric Lamb, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 172601806
Saxifraga hirculus, photographed by Piotr Lukasik
fig. f Piotr Lukasik, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 146049586
Saxifraga hirculus, photographed by Jason Grant
fig. g Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 87558340
Saxifraga hirculus, photographed by Алексей Ябс
fig. h Алексей Ябс, CC0 1.0 / obs. 85076349

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Native range 60 botanical countries

Regions where Saxifraga hirculus is native: Afghanistan, Altay, Buryatiya, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Irkutsk, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Magadan, Mongolia, North Caucasus, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Tuva, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, Pakistan, West Himalaya, Baltic States, Belarus, Central European Russia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Iceland, Ireland, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Alaska, Aleutian Is., British Columbia, Colorado, Greenland, Manitoba, Montana, New Mexico, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Québec, Utah, Yukon AfghanistanAltayBuryatiyaChina North-CentralChina South-CentralChitaIrkutskKamchatkaKazakhstanKhabarovskKirgizstanKrasnoyarskMagadanMongoliaNorth CaucasusTadzhikistanTibetTranscaucasusTürkiyeTuvaUzbekistanWest SiberiaXinjiangYakutiyaPakistanWest HimalayaBaltic StatesBelarusCentral European RussiaDenmarkEast European RussiaFinlandFranceGermanyIcelandIrelandNorth European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaNorwayPolandRomaniaSvalbardSwedenSwitzerlandUkraineAlaskaBritish ColumbiaColoradoGreenlandManitobaMontanaNew MexicoNorthwest TerritoriesNunavutOntarioQuébecUtahYukon
Native distribution of Saxifraga hirculus, 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
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Altay ALT
Buryatiya BRY
China North-Central CHN
China South-Central CHC
Chita CTA
Irkutsk IRK
Kamchatka KAM
Kazakhstan KAZ
Khabarovsk KHA
Kirgizstan KGZ
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Magadan MAG
Mongolia MON
North Caucasus NCS
Tadzhikistan TZK
Tibet CHT
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Tuva TVA
Uzbekistan UZB
West Siberia WSB
Xinjiang CHX
Yakutiya YAK
Baltic States BLT EUROPE
Belarus BLR
Central European Russia RUC
Denmark DEN
East European Russia RUE
Finland FIN
France FRA
Germany GER
Great Britain GRB
Iceland ICE
Ireland IRE
North European Russia RUN
Northwest European Russia RUW
Norway NOR
Poland POL
Romania ROM
Svalbard SVA
Sweden SWE
Switzerland SWI
Ukraine UKR
Alaska ASK NORTHERN AMERICA
Aleutian Is. ALU
British Columbia BRC
Colorado COL
Greenland GNL
Manitoba MAN
Montana MNT
New Mexico NWM
Northwest Territories NWT
Nunavut NUN
Ontario ONT
Québec QUE
Utah UTA
Yukon YUK
Pakistan PAK ASIA-TROPICAL
West Himalaya WHM

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.

Flowering 204 in flower of 205 examined

Peak flowering in Jul. Each bar is the share of Saxifraga hirculus 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. 204 of 205 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 29 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 propinquus (R.Br.) Haw.
  • Hirculus prorepens (Sternb.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
  • Hirculus punctatus Raf.
  • Hirculus ranunculoides Haw.
  • Kingstonia guttata Gray
  • Leptasea alaskana Small
  • Leptasea hirculus (L.) Small
  • Saxifraga aizoides var. autumnalis (L.) Nyman
  • Saxifraga alaskana (Small) Fedde
  • Saxifraga autumnalis L.
  • Saxifraga flava Lam.
  • Saxifraga hirculus f. humilis Engl. & Irmsch.
  • Saxifraga hirculus f. intermedia Engl. & Irmsch.
  • Saxifraga hirculus f. major Engl. & Irmsch.
  • Saxifraga hirculus subsp. coloradensis Hedberg
  • Saxifraga hirculus subsp. compacta Hedberg
  • Saxifraga hirculus subsp. propinqua (R.Br.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
  • Saxifraga hirculus var. humilis (Engl. & Irmsch.) H.Chuang
  • Saxifraga hirculus var. major (Engl. & Irmsch.) J.T.Pan
  • Saxifraga hirculus var. propinqua (R.Br.) Simmons
  • Saxifraga hirculus var. typica C.B.Clarke
  • Saxifraga hirculus var. uniflora Sternb.
  • Saxifraga lanuginosa Jacquent. ex Decne.
  • Saxifraga lutea Gilib.

and 5 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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