Saxifraga oppositifoliaL.

purple mountain saxifrage

WFO wfo-0000493622 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Saxifraga oppositifolia, photographed by Samuelle Simard-Provençal
fig. a Samuelle Simard-Provençal, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-07 / obs. 205585990
Saxifraga oppositifolia, photographed by Guillaume Delaitre
fig. b Guillaume Delaitre, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197474093
Saxifraga oppositifolia, photographed by Thor-Rune Hansen
fig. c Thor-Rune Hansen, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 189448905
Saxifraga oppositifolia, photographed by Guillaume Hoffmann
fig. d Guillaume Hoffmann, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 192162239
Saxifraga oppositifolia, photographed by Syd Cannings
fig. e Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 152513028
Saxifraga oppositifolia, photographed by Valerii Glazunov
fig. f Valerii Glazunov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 176997967
Saxifraga oppositifolia, photographed by Todd Boland
fig. g Todd Boland, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 150233011
Saxifraga oppositifolia, photographed by Erin Springinotic
fig. h Erin Springinotic, CC0 1.0 / obs. 161519514

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Native range 64 botanical countries

Regions where Saxifraga oppositifolia is native: Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Magadan, Mongolia, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Tuva, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, East Himalaya, West Himalaya, Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechia-Slovakia, Finland, Føroyar, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, North European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, Spain, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., British Columbia, Colorado, Greenland, Idaho, Labrador, Manitoba, Montana, New York, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Oregon, Québec, Vermont, Washington, Wyoming, Yukon AltayBuryatiyaChitaInner MongoliaIrkutskKamchatkaKazakhstanKhabarovskKirgizstanKrasnoyarskMagadanMongoliaTadzhikistanTibetTuvaWest SiberiaXinjiangYakutiyaEast HimalayaWest HimalayaAlbaniaAustriaBulgariaCzechia-SlovakiaFinlandFranceGermanyGreeceIcelandIrelandItalyNorth European RussiaNorwayNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSpainSvalbardSwedenSwitzerlandAlaskaAlbertaBritish ColumbiaColoradoGreenlandIdahoLabradorManitobaMontanaNew YorkNewfoundlandNorthwest TerritoriesNova ScotiaNunavutOntarioOregonQuébecVermontWashingtonWyomingYukon Føroyar
Native distribution of Saxifraga oppositifolia, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Bulgaria BUL
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
Finland FIN
Føroyar FOR
France FRA
Germany GER
Great Britain GRB
Greece GRC
Iceland ICE
Ireland IRE
Italy ITA
North European Russia RUN
Norway NOR
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
Spain SPA
Svalbard SVA
Sweden SWE
Switzerland SWI
Alaska ASK NORTHERN AMERICA
Alberta ABT
Aleutian Is. ALU
British Columbia BRC
Colorado COL
Greenland GNL
Idaho IDA
Labrador LAB
Manitoba MAN
Montana MNT
New York NWY
Newfoundland NFL
Northwest Territories NWT
Nova Scotia NSC
Nunavut NUN
Ontario ONT
Oregon ORE
Québec QUE
Vermont VER
Washington WAS
Wyoming WYO
Yukon YUK
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Buryatiya BRY
Chita CTA
Inner Mongolia CHI
Irkutsk IRK
Kamchatka KAM
Kazakhstan KAZ
Khabarovsk KHA
Kirgizstan KGZ
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Magadan MAG
Mongolia MON
Tadzhikistan TZK
Tibet CHT
Tuva TVA
West Siberia WSB
Xinjiang CHX
Yakutiya YAK
East Himalaya EHM 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.

Also published as 51 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 asiatica (Hayek) Losinsk.
  • Antiphylla caerulea (Pers.) Haw.
  • Antiphylla oppositifolia (L.) Fourr.
  • Antiphylla pulvinata (Small) Small
  • Evaiezoa oppositifolia (L.) Raf.
  • Saxifraga ajanica Sipliv.
  • Saxifraga asiatica Hayek
  • Saxifraga biflora Ledeb.
  • Saxifraga biflora subsp. epirotica D.A.Webb
  • Saxifraga caerulea Pers.
  • Saxifraga czekanowskii Sipliv.
  • Saxifraga hegetschweileri Brügger
  • Saxifraga intermedia Nasarow
  • Saxifraga latina Hayek
  • Saxifraga meridionalis Terrac.
  • Saxifraga meridionalis var. apennina A.Terracc.
  • Saxifraga meridionalis var. latina A.Terracc.
  • Saxifraga murithiana Tissière
  • Saxifraga oppositifolia f. albiflora Y.H.Lu
  • Saxifraga oppositifolia f. conferta Vacc.
  • Saxifraga oppositifolia f. monstrosa Engl. & Irmsch.
  • Saxifraga oppositifolia f. murithiana (Tissière) Farrer
  • Saxifraga oppositifolia f. schofieldii B.Boivin
  • Saxifraga oppositifolia subsp. arctoalpina Braun-Blanq.

and 27 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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