Saxifraga sibiricaL.

bract saxifrage

WFO wfo-0000494534 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Saxifraga sibirica, photographed by Nina Filippova
fig. a Nina Filippova, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-03 / obs. 194756343
Saxifraga sibirica, photographed by Aleksei Baushev
fig. b Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 94421845
Saxifraga sibirica, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. c Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 49878204
Saxifraga sibirica, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. d Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 57494189
Saxifraga sibirica, photographed by Фая Баландина
fig. e Фая Баландина, CC0 1.0 / obs. 76539409
Saxifraga sibirica, photographed by Jean-Paul Boerekamps
fig. f Jean-Paul Boerekamps, CC0 1.0 / obs. 98364293
Saxifraga sibirica, photographed by Фая Баландина
fig. g Фая Баландина, CC0 1.0 / obs. 77825896
Saxifraga sibirica, photographed by Nina Filippova
fig. h Nina Filippova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 130492518

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Native range 40 botanical countries

Regions where Saxifraga sibirica is native: Afghanistan, Altay, Amur, Buryatiya, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, East Aegean Is., Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia, North Caucasus, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Tuva, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, East Himalaya, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya, Bulgaria, East European Russia, Greece, North European Russia, Alaska, Northwest Territories, Yukon AfghanistanAltayAmurBuryatiyaChina North-CentralChina South-CentralChitaEast Aegean Is.Inner MongoliaIranIraqIrkutskKazakhstanKhabarovskKirgizstanKrasnoyarskMagadanManchuriaMongoliaNorth CaucasusTadzhikistanTibetTranscaucasusTürkiyeTuvaUzbekistanWest SiberiaXinjiangYakutiyaEast HimalayaNepalPakistanWest HimalayaBulgariaEast European RussiaGreeceNorth European RussiaAlaskaNorthwest TerritoriesYukon
Native distribution of Saxifraga sibirica, 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
Amur AMU
Buryatiya BRY
China North-Central CHN
China South-Central CHC
Chita CTA
East Aegean Is. EAI
Inner Mongolia CHI
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Irkutsk IRK
Kazakhstan KAZ
Khabarovsk KHA
Kirgizstan KGZ
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Magadan MAG
Manchuria CHM
Mongolia MON
North Caucasus NCS
Tadzhikistan TZK
Tibet CHT
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Tuva TVA
Uzbekistan UZB
West Siberia WSB
Xinjiang CHX
Yakutiya YAK
East Himalaya EHM ASIA-TROPICAL
Nepal NEP
Pakistan PAK
West Himalaya WHM
Bulgaria BUL EUROPE
East European Russia RUE
Greece GRC
North European Russia RUN
Alaska ASK NORTHERN AMERICA
Northwest Territories NWT
Yukon YUK

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 25 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.

  • Cymbalariella mollis Nappi
  • Cymbalariella sibirica Nappi
  • Evaiezoa exilis Raf.
  • Lobaria sibirica Haw.
  • Piarophyla sibirica (L.) Raf.
  • Saxifraga cymbalaria Steven
  • Saxifraga elegans Sternb.
  • Saxifraga exilis Steph. ex Sternb.
  • Saxifraga exilis f. minor Kurtz
  • Saxifraga grandiflora Sternb.
  • Saxifraga granigera K.Koch
  • Saxifraga lanuginosa Royle.
  • Saxifraga macrantha Boiss.
  • Saxifraga mollis Sm.
  • Saxifraga odontophylla Wall. & Sternb.
  • Saxifraga palmata Stephan ex Sternb.
  • Saxifraga pekinensis Maxim.
  • Saxifraga radiata Small
  • Saxifraga sibirica subsp. mollis (Sm.) V.A.Matthews
  • Saxifraga sibirica var. bockiana Engl.
  • Saxifraga sibirica var. eusibirica Engl. & Irmsch.
  • Saxifraga sibirica var. pekinensis (Maxim.) Engl. & Irmsch.
  • Saxifraga sibirica var. pycnoloba Franch.
  • Saxifraga sibirica var. schindleri Engl. & Irmsch.

and 1 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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