Saxifraga rotundifoliaL.

round-leaved saxifrage

WFO wfo-0000494871 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Saxifraga rotundifolia, photographed by Marco Mussita
fig. a Marco Mussita, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-09 / obs. 205164544
Saxifraga rotundifolia, photographed by CorentinD
fig. b CorentinD, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203302752
Saxifraga rotundifolia, photographed by Jason Grant
fig. c Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 202770459
Saxifraga rotundifolia, photographed by John Kenrick Gibson
fig. d John Kenrick Gibson, CC0 1.0 / obs. 202231443
Saxifraga rotundifolia, photographed by Elias
fig. e Elias, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201347929
Saxifraga rotundifolia, photographed by Attila Oláh
fig. f Attila Oláh, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199372566
Saxifraga rotundifolia, photographed by Ben Costamagna
fig. g Ben Costamagna, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 198052094
Saxifraga rotundifolia, photographed by Jason Grant
fig. h Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197079726

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Native range 20 botanical countries

Regions where Saxifraga rotundifolia is native: East Aegean Is., Iran, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Kriti, NW. Balkan Pen., Romania, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland East Aegean Is.IranNorth CaucasusTranscaucasusTürkiyeAlbaniaAustriaBulgariaCorseCzechia-SlovakiaFranceGermanyGreeceItalyKritiNW. Balkan Pen.RomaniaSiciliaSpainSwitzerland
Native distribution of Saxifraga rotundifolia, 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
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Bulgaria BUL
Corse COR
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
France FRA
Germany GER
Greece GRC
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Romania ROM
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
Switzerland SWI
East Aegean Is. EAI ASIA-TEMPERATE
Iran IRN
North Caucasus NCS
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR

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.

  • Geum rotundifolium (L.) Moench
  • Miscopetalum rotundifolium (L.) Haw.
  • Saxifraga angulosa Schott, Nyman & Kotschy
  • Saxifraga chrysospleniifolia Boiss.
  • Saxifraga coriifolia (Sommier & Levier) Woronow
  • Saxifraga fonticola A.Kern.
  • Saxifraga heucherifolia Griseb. & Schenk
  • Saxifraga heuffelii Schott, Nyman & Kotschy
  • Saxifraga lasiophylla Schott, Nyman & Kotschy
  • Saxifraga olympica Boiss.
  • Saxifraga repanda Willd. ex Sternb.
  • Saxifraga rhodopea Velen.
  • Saxifraga rotundifolia prol. chrysospleniifolia (Boiss.) Rouy & E.G.Camus
  • Saxifraga rotundifolia var. apennina D.A.Webb
  • Saxifraga rotundifolia var. chrysospleniifolia (Boiss.) Podp.
  • Saxifraga rotundifolia var. insularis Briq.
  • Saxifraga rotundifolia var. persenkaea Podp.
  • Saxifraga rotundifolia var. repanda (Willd.) Eichler

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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