Saxifraga hirsutaL.

WFO wfo-0000493954 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Saxifraga hirsuta, photographed by Rafael Medina
fig. a Rafael Medina, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-08-05 / obs. 149688458
Saxifraga hirsuta, photographed by Rafael Medina
fig. b Rafael Medina, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 149691043
Saxifraga hirsuta, photographed by escobrice
fig. c escobrice, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 117698203
Saxifraga hirsuta, photographed by Guillaume Delaitre
fig. d Guillaume Delaitre, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 100520308
Saxifraga hirsuta, photographed by Rafael Medina
fig. e Rafael Medina, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 90307317
Saxifraga hirsuta, photographed by Jon Mortin
fig. f Jon Mortin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 174860119
Saxifraga hirsuta, photographed by Jon Mortin
fig. g Jon Mortin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 131276834
Saxifraga hirsuta, photographed by Christoph Harwood
fig. h Christoph Harwood, CC0 1.0 / obs. 202870341

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Native range 3 botanical countries

Regions where Saxifraga hirsuta is native: France, Ireland, Spain FranceIrelandSpain
Native distribution of Saxifraga hirsuta, 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
France FRA EUROPE
Ireland IRE
Spain SPA

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 18 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.

  • Hydatica hirsuta (L.) Raf.
  • Robertsonia crenata Haw.
  • Robertsonia dentata Haw.
  • Robertsonia hirsuta (L.) Haw.
  • Saxifraga crenata (Haw.) Steud.
  • Saxifraga elegans J.Mackay
  • Saxifraga geoides Lacaita
  • Saxifraga geum subsp. eugeum Engl. & Irmsch.
  • Saxifraga geum subsp. hirsuta (L.) Engl. & Irmsch.
  • Saxifraga geum var. cuatrecasasii Quer & Guinea
  • Saxifraga geum var. dentata (Haw.) Engl.
  • Saxifraga geum var. elegans (J.Mackay) Engl.
  • Saxifraga hirsuta var. cuatrecasasii (Quer & Guinea) Sanna & Fern.Prieto
  • Saxifraga hirsuta var. haworthi Sternb.
  • Saxifraga hirsuta var. linnaei Sternb.
  • Saxifraga hirsuta var. longipes Haw.
  • Saxifraga hirsuta var. paucicrenata Leresche ex Gillot
  • Saxifraga lactiflora Pugsley

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.

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